Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword ACROSS
3 Anna —, winner of the 1991 French Open junior singles tennis championship (9) 8 and 4 Down
Constellation also called the Great Bear (4,5)
9 and 22 Best Actress Academy Award nominee for Winter’s Bone (8,8)
10 US river rising in Kansas that joins the Arkansas River near Muskogee, Oklahoma (6)
13 2015 BBC TV crime drama series starring Amanda Abbington and Ashley Walters (5) 14 European republic;
capital Bucharest (7) 15 God of fields, woods and shepherds in Greek mythology (3) 16 Gene —, Best Actress Academy Award nominee for Leave Her to Heaven (7)
17 and 1 Down
US actress married to actor David Hemmings from 1968-75 (5,9)
21 Longest river in the
Czech Republic (6)
22 See 9 Across
23 The —, 1997 film drama starring Anthony Hopkins and Alec Baldwin (4)
24 Fiona —, actress who played the title role in 1972 fantasy film Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (9)
DOWN
1 See 17 Across
2 Georges Auguste —, French chef whose culinary inventions include Peach Melba (9)
4 See 8 Across
5 Carl —, Spanish golfer; 2007 Open de Saint-Omer winner (7)
6 Jimmy —, singeractor who played the title role in 1990s BBC TV series Spender (4)
7 Area of low marshy ground in South Africa such as the Umgeni — (4)
11 1950s BBC TV children’s puppet series co-created by Freda Lingstrom and Maria Bird (4,5)
12 The —, Harold Pinter stage play first produced in 1960 (9) 14 2004 biopic starring Jamie Foxx in the title role (3)
15 Sir Nikolaus —, architectural historian who authored The Buildings of England book series (7)
18 Italo —, author of the novels A Life and Zeno’s Conscience (5) 19 Capital of
Azerbaijan (4)
20 Russian river that flows to the Caspian Sea at Guryev (4) Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror
Crossword ACROSS
3 Indian film industry (9)
8 Wheel spindle (4)
9 Drapes – in America? (8)
10 Eye membrane (6)
13 Show amusement (5) 14 Plume (7)
15 Distant (3)
16 Egg white (7)
17 Pulsate repeatedly (5)
21 Surgical knife (6)
22 Young, immature (8) 23 Highly priced (4)
24 Express regret (9)
DOWN
1 Police vehicle (6,3)
2 Clumsy (3,6)
4 Academy Award (5)
5 Crossbred hunting dog (7) 6 Lacking physical strength (4)
7 Pig sound (4)
11 Reputation (9)
12 River feeding a larger one (9)
14 Football or rock star supporter? (3)
15 Fighting with swords (7) 18 Consecrate (5)
19 Deposit as rubbish (4)
20 Prison room (4) Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror