Quizword & Crossword

Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.

Quizword ACROSS

1 1944 comedy-drama film starring Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald (5,2,3) 8 Roman name of the Greek hero Odysseus (7) 9 Ringo —, musician and actor who starred in That’ll Be the Day (5) 10 Nicolas —, director of the films Two Deaths, Bad Timing and Track 29 (4) 11 Rich —, winner of the 2002 PGA Championship (4) 12 Female sheep (3) 14 1987 film comedy starring Jeff Bridges and Kim Basinger (6) 15 Fine plaster used for coating walls (6) 18 Variety of lettuce with a long slender head (3)

20 In weaving, the yarn woven across the width of a fabric (4) 21 Town in Highland, NE Scotland, due south of John O’Groats (4)

23 Sea duck of the northern hemisphere valued for the soft fine down of the female (5) 24 East German car launched in 1957 that was built at Zwickau (7)

25 1971 film comedy starring Reg Varney as Stan Butler (2,3,5)

DOWN

1 Principal area in NW Wales whose administrative headquarters are in Caernarfon (7) 2 City in NE Romania; a former capital of the country (4) 3 Any of the first four books of the New Testament (6) 4 — National Park, World Heritage Site in California, US in the Sierra Nevada Mountains (8)

5 and 17 Satire by Jonathan Swift first published in 1704 (1,4,2,1,3) 6 Corrosion-resistant copper alloy used in silver-coloured coins (5-6) 7 Rare cadmium sulphide mineral (11) 13 Barry —, author of the novels Pascali’s Island and Sacred Hunger (8) 16 Piece of armour covering the chest and back (7)

17 See 5 Down

19 Town on the River Meuse, site of a 1940 World War II battle that began the German invasion of France (5) 22 Roman god of war (4)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror Crossword ACROSS

1 Act of being propelled (10) 8 Confusing and not obvious (7)

9 Up to the time of (5)

10 Boast (4)

11 Tub of water (4)

12 Battering device (3)

14 Regretful (6)

15 Cured or smoked ham (6) 18 Faucet (3)

20 Unauthorised disclosure (4)

21 Poker stake (4)

23 Climb or ascend (5)

24 Sewing aid (7)

25 Bolsters (10)

DOWN

1 Parcel (7) 2 Allowing access to inside (4) 3 Pandemonium (6) 4 Left-handed boxer (8) 5 External (5) 6 Approve automatically (6-5) 7 Rude, impolite (3-8) 13 News report (8) 16 Vehicle type (7) 17 Body art item (6) 19 Short stoppage (5) 22 Flat circular plate (4)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror