Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword ACROSS
1 Large desert-living African antelope with long twisted horns (5) 4 Town in South Holland, Netherlands, associated with a type of tin-glazed earthenware (5) 10 1975 no 1 single by Mud (2,3) 11 Kevin —, Best Director Oscar winner for Dances With Wolves (7) 12 Extinct Eurasian giant deer of the genus Megaloceros (5,3) 13 Type of music whose styles include bepop, trad and modern (4) 15 Colourless highly flammable gas used as a lighter fluid (6) 17 Region of southeast Italy; capital Bari (6) 19 City in Russia at the confluence of the Om and Irtysh Rivers (4) 20 Vegetable also called a turnip cabbage (8) 23 Kenneth —, author of 1908 children’s book The Wind in the Willows (7) 24 Yannick —, 2012 Olympic 200m freestyle swimming gold medallist (5) 25 Shrub or small tree with red, purple or black berry-like fruits (5) 26 Small carnivorous mammal related to the civet inhabiting wooded regions of southern Europe and Africa (5)
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2 Sheikhdom in the northeast United Arab Emirates (5) 3 and 5 2003 romcom starring Jason Biggs and Christina Ricci (8,4) 5 See 3 Down 6 Small insectivorous bird such as the New Zealand — or Mindanao blue — (7) 7 Town in South Yorkshire between Doncaster and Rotherham housing an 11th-century castle (11) 8 One of several horny or bony plates protecting the skin of fish and reptiles (5) 9 Capital of the Republic of the Congo (11) 14 Mickey —, author of novels I, the Jury and The Erection Set (8) 16 Bob —, 1932 Olympic 400m hurdles gold medallist (7) 18 Vinnie —, former Wimbledon and Wales midfield footballer who played The Sphinx in 2000 action film Gone in Sixty Seconds (5) 21 Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin show; 1977 Tony Award winner for Best Musical and Best Original Score (5) 22 Gareth —, actor and comedian associated with fellow actor and comedian Norman Pace (4)
Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror Crossword ACROSS
1 Performed on stage (5) 4 Screen from direct light (5) 10 Precise (5) 11 Alligator pear (7) 12 Habitual sleeplessness (8) 13 Gemstone (4) 15 Find (6) 17 High-quality brandy (6) 19 Heavy armoured fighting vehicle (4) 20 Closet (8) 23 Function (7) 24 Wild (5) 25 Prevent the growth of (5) 26 Fold in clothing (5)
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2 Lesson or lecture (5) 3 Calculate roughly (8) 5 Cry of an owl (4) 6 Impassive or expressionless (7) 7 Laws made (11) 8 Sorcery (5) 9 Pamper (11) 14 Unlikely (8) 16 Nunnery (7) 18 Purchaser (5) 21 Major artery (5) 22 Principal (4)
Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror