Quizword & Crossword

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

Quizword

ACROSS

6 1954 novel by Erskine

Caldwell (4,3,5)

8 S M H —, India Test cricketer who hit 102 against England in Mumbai in 1984 (7)

9 1990 Woody Allen film comedy starring Mia Farrow in the title role (5)

10 Raised structure at the stern of a vessel (4)

12 Arrangement of pivoting rings that keeps navigation instruments in a horizontal position at sea or in the air (6)

14 Anton —, Viennaborn zither player who composed and played the theme from 1949 film noir The Third Man (5)

15 Northernmost of the Greek Cyclades island group (6)

16 Yellow precious

metal; symbol Au (4) 19 River rising in SW Tibet that flows south-west across Pakistan to the Arabian Sea (5)

21 Port in SW England on the River

Avon (7)

22 1966 comedy-drama film starring Hayley Mills, John Mills and Hywel

Bennett (3,6,3)

DOWN

1 1979 novel by Arthur

Hailey (8)

2 Daniel Francois —, prime minister of South Africa from 1948-54 (5)

3 Bill —, television naturalist and comedian born in 1941 (5)

4 2002 sci-fi film starring George Clooney and Natascha McElhone (7) 5 Standard unit of

currency of Ghana (4)

6 1999 comedy-horror film starring Bill Pullman and Bridget Fonda (4,6) 7 1969 film musical starring Barbra Streisand in the title role (5,5)

11 2012 winner of the Oaks ridden by Seamie Heffernan (3)

12 Peterkin —, survivor, with Ralph Rover and Jack Martin, of a shipwreck in R M Ballantyne novel The Coral Island (3)

13 1940 film drama starring Clark Gable and Spencer Tracy (4,4)

14 David —, British actor who portrayed Jacob Freud in 1962 biopic Freud (7)

17 Barack —, US president

from 2009-17 (5)

18 Twin sister of Sebastian in William Shakespeare play Twelfth Night (5) 20 Roald —, author of 1964 children’s book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (4)

Solutions in next week’s Sunday Mirror

Crossword ACROSS

6 Motley,

unkempt (6-6)

8 Inhabitant of a city

or town (7)

9 Imperial unit of

weight (5)

10 Use the teeth on (4)

12 Drinking vessel (6) 14 Cavities (5)

15 Paper hanky (6)

16 Second Greek

letter (4)

19 Happen (5)

21 Seems, looks (7)

22 Pause or respite (12)

DOWN

1 Excites, troubles (8)

2 Strong fire or flame (5)

3 Stench (5)

4 Disregards (7)

5 Scottish valley (4)

6 Lowest possible

level (4,6)

7 Watch closely (4,4,2)

11 Enemy (3)

12 Cardinal number (3)

13 Climbing plant (8)

14 Rushed (7)

17 Molten rock (5)

18 Muscular contraction (5) 20 US coin (4)