Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword
ACROSS
3 See 20 Down 8 Biblical king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (4) 9 Atoll in the Pacific Ocean taken by the US from Japan in 1944 which later became a testing ground for atomic weapons (8) 10 and 15 Down 1960 film comedy starring Peter Sellers and Wilfrid HydeWhite (3-3,7) 13 North American fish of the salmon family such as the Longjaw — and Shortnose — (5) 14 Character such as that placed under the c in French name François which softens the sound (7) 15 River rising in Ukraine that flows across SE Poland to the Vistula (3) 16 Kenny —, radio and television entertainer born Maurice Cole who died in 1995 (7) 17 Small perennial European plant whose flowers have white rays and a yellow disc (5) 21 Island of the Scilly Isles that houses Abbey Gardens (6) 22 See 6 Down 23 Joint of the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur (4) 24 Capital of Sweden (9)
DOWN
1 Island off SE Massachusetts, US; a former centre of the whaling industry (9) 2 Antoine Laurent —, eighteenth-century French chemist who discredited the phlogiston theory (9) 4 Yellow-flowered North American plant such as the Smooth — (5) 5 Erik —, prime minister of Denmark from 1950-53 (7) 6 and 22 Across 1998 and 2001 French Open men’s singles tennis championship runner-up (4,8) 7 Eleanor —, actress who played Augusta Colt in 2004 romcom Wimbledon (4) 11 Style of unaccompanied medieval church music sung in unison (9) 12 Manchester-born singer-actor in pop group The Monkees who died in 2012 (4,5) 14 Small domesticated feline mammal (3) 15 See 10 Across 18 Georg Ernst —, German scientist born in 1659 who developed the phlogiston theory of combustion (5) 19 Harold —, prime minister of Australia from 1966-67 (4) 20 and 3 Across Comedy partner of Ernie Wise who died in 1984 (4,9)
Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror
Crossword ACROSS
3 From Oslo? (9) 8 Public school (4) 9 Large retail shop (8) 10 Room for manoeuvre (6) 13 Punctuation mark (5) 14 Style or manner of cooking (7) 15 Incision (3) 16 Pig’s foot (7) 17 Steering device (5) 21 Rectangular (6) 22 Hired hand (8) 23 Songbird (4) 24 Edge of a body of water (9)
DOWN
1 Make or be a copy of (9) 2 Holiday for newlyweds (9) 4 Does as told (5) 5 Destroy completely (4,3) 6 Lass (4) 7 Adjoin (4) 11 Piece of furniture (9) 12 Lacking due care (9) 14 Vicious dog (3) 15 Middle (7) 18 Holy book of Islam (5) 19 Tub of hot water (4) 20 Sixty minutes (4)
Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror