Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword ACROSS
1 and 17 1974 film musical starring Richie Havens as Othello (5,2,4)
4 and 15 Actor who played Colonel Sherman T Potter in US television sitcom M*A*S*H (5,6)
10 Toni —, Spanish rider; winner of the 2006 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix MotoGP (5)
11 US state; capital Phoenix (7)
12 1965 novel by Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo; first to feature detective Martin Beck (8)
13 See 19 Across
15 See 4 Across
17 See 1 Across
19 and 13 1998 action film starring Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker (4,4)
20 Charles —, director of films The Titfield Thunderbolt and The Lavender Hill Mob (8)
23 University city; capital of North Denmark Region, Denmark (7)
24 Igor —, USSR defender/ midfielder; 1960 UEFA European Nations’ Cup Final winner (5)
25 and 26 2009-13 Castleford Tigers stand-off; 2011 Man of Steel award winner (5,5)
26 See 25 Across
DOWN
2 First sign of the zodiac (5)
3 2000 film drama starring Tom Hanks and Helen Hunt (4,4)
5 Martin —, author of novels Yellow Dog and Other People (4)
6 1970 Western film starring John Wayne and Jorge Rivero (3,4)
7 Gebregziabher —, 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships senior men’s event winner (11)
8 Jessica —, actress who played Jane Rochford in 2015 BBC TV drama series Wolf Hall (5)
9 1975 drama film starring Ryan O’Neal in the title role (5,6)
14 Liliaceous plant of the Mediterranean with a thick flower stalk (8)
16 Broad-tailed Australian parrot of the genus Platycercus such as the pale-headed — (7)
18 The —, play by Aristophanes in which Dionysus descends to Hades in order to bring back Euripides (5)
21 1999 film drama starring Anthony Hopkins in the title role (5)
22 Robert —, US engineer born in 1934 after whom a type of musical synthesiser is named (4)
Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror
Crossword ACROSS
1 Drink made from pears (5)
4 Four-wheeled cart drawn by a horse (5)
10 Jumps (5)
11 Without interruption (7)
12 Untried (8)
13 Coconut fibre (4)
15 Fare receipt (6)
17 Crash involving many vehicles (4-2)
19 Press clothes (4)
20 Squid served as food (8)
23 Ineffectual (7)
24 Perch (5)
25 Hang in the air (5)
26 Gem (5)
DOWN
2 Precise (5)
3 Withstood (8)
5 Female relative (4)
6 Result (7)
7 Of great renown (11)
8 Rage (5)
9 Right or suitable (11)
14 Dissent in opinion (8)
16 Near (5,2)
18 Very light wood (5)
21 Love intensely (5)
22 Hereditary unit (4)
Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror