Quizword & Crossword

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

Quizword ACROSS

6 15th-century

Florentine priest and artist noted for his frescoes at Prato cathedral (7,5)

8 1990s BBC TV drama series starring Mark Greenstreet and Susannah York (7)

9 Capital of Vietnam (5) 10 Archaic or poetic name

for Ireland (4)

12 See 19 Across

14 A F —, England cricketer who took 5-57 against West Indies at Birmingham in

2004 (5)

15 and 22

The —, 1911 novel by Bram Stoker (4,2,3,5,4) 16 Port in Russia on the Kama River known as Molotov from 1940-62 (4)

19 and 12 Across

US state whose capital is Bismarck (5,6)

21 Customs union implemented by Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands in 1948 (7)

22 See 15 Across

DOWN

1 Winning horse of the 1981 Grand National (8) 2 Series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton (5) 3 Lillian —, 1969 European Championships

800m gold medallist (5)

4 Greek form of the name of the god of light identified with the sun in Persian mythology (7)

5 Unit of length based on the width of an expanded hand (4)

6 1992 historical thriller by Robert Harris (10)

7 US-born inventor of the first automatic machine gun (5,5)

11 — Mountains, range in

northern Morocco (3) 12 Sandra —, actress who played the title role in 1959 film comedy Gidget (3)

13 The —, 2007 novel by

Michael Connelly (8) 14 Large bird of prey with a bluish-grey back and wings (7)

17 Victoria —, Spanish actress who played Lorraine de la Pena in 1994 comedy-drama film Jimmy

Hollywood (5)

18 Hendrik —, showjumper who won the 1984 Dublin Grand Prix (5)

20 Chief coal-mining and industrial region of Germany (4)

Solutions in next week’s Sunday Mirror

Crossword ACROSS

6 Continual

criticism (5-7)

8 Means (7)

9 Perfect (5)

10 Stringed

instrument (4)

12 Bird type (6)

14 Take illegally (5)

15 One appointed to

represent another (6) 16 Data? (4)

19 Yellowish-white

colour (5)

21 Highest or best (7) 22 Importance (12)

DOWN

1 To flatter (6,2)

2 Endure (5)

3 Slightly drunk (5)

4 Naval commander (7)

5 Betting stake (4)

6 Airliner’s crew compartment (6,4)

7 Blowfly (10)

11 Pig pen (3)

12 Fifth month (3)

13 Locate exactly (8)

14 Staying power (7)

17 Rigid (5)

18 Room (5)

20 Morally wrong or bad (4)