Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword
ACROSS
DOWN
6 Cathedral city in 1 Musical performance Cambridgeshire on direction, whereby dots the River Nene (12) placed above notes
8 Lord of Tyre in indicate that they be William Shakespeare played abruptly (8) play Pericles whose 2 and 14 Down two lines are Football manager who responses to married television
presenter Christine Helicanus (7) Bleakley in 2015 (5,7)
9 Gabriel —, French 3 and 13 composer of 1913 Tree whose nut is opera Penelope (5) called a conker (5,8)
10 Large tree of the East 4 Dustin —, Best Actor in Indies which yields a a Leading Role Oscar valuable wood (4) winner for Kramer vs
12 Sign of the zodiac Kramer (7) represented by a 5 Organisation also called crab (6) the Joint State Political 14 Phyllis —, actress Directorate that formed whose roles have the Soviet secret police included Lady Jane from 1923-34 (inits) Felsham in BBC TV 6 1978 film drama series Lovejoy (5) starring Brooke
Shields and Keith
15 Tree native to Africa Carradine (6,4) and northern
Best Director Oscar Australia also called a 7
nominee for Women monkey bread in Love (3,7) tree (6)
11 Book of the Old
16 1979 film drama Testament whose title starring Nastassja character lived in the Kinski in the title land of Uz (3) role (4) 12 Small domesticated
19 Lancashire town feline mammal (3) whose Britannia 13 See 3 Down
Coconut Dancers 14 See 2 Down perform annually on 17 Terence —, Best Actor Easter Saturday (5) in a Supporting Role
21 Plant of the daisy Oscar nominee for family; the national Billy Budd (5) emblem of 18 City in Lombardy; Scotland (7) chief financial centre 22 Welsh singer who of Italy (5) played Private Owen 20 Alberto —, 1984 in 1964 film drama Olympic 10,000m
Zulu (4,8) gold medallist (4) Solutions in next week’s Sunday Mirror
Crossword ACROSS
6 Gentle and
polite (4-8)
8 Withhold (7)
9 Latin American
dance (5)
10 Leave out (4)
12 Prohibit (6)
14 Stomach (5)
15 Room for
manoeuvre (6) 16 Comfortably warm and wellprotected (4) 19 Small twig (5) 21 Before (5,2)
22 Over-ready
to shoot (7-5)
DOWN
1 Pimento (8)
2 Scornful smile (5)
3 Rage (5)
4 Ruin (7)
5 Inert gas (4)
6 As an
estimate (4,2,4)
7 Smug and
sanctimonious (5-5) 11 Lock opener (3)
12 Influenza (3)
13 Insolvent (8)
14 Luggage (7)
17 Rapidity (5)
18 Easy to lift (5)
20 Uncommon (4)