Quizword & Crossword

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

Quizword

ACROSS

1 New World songbird with a stout bill such as the Vermilion — (8) 2 River that flows through Paris,

France (5)

3 Food fish of the cod family also called a coalfish or saithe (5) 4 Chief port and economic capital of Cote d’Ivoire (7)

5 Green-blue colour; the complementary of red (4)

6 Chicken or game bird split down the back and grilled (10)

7 See 13 Down

11 Red fruit of the

hawthorn (3)

12 Edgar Allan —, US short-story writer who died in 1849 (3) 13 and 7

1985 novel by John Irving (3,5,5,5)

14 J M —, 2003 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature (7)

17 River in Hades in Greek mythology that caused forgetfulness in those who drank its waters (5)

18 Ronald —, director of films The Poseidon Adventure and The Odessa File (5)

20 D C —, Australia Test cricketer who hit 200 against New Zealand at Perth in 1989 (4) Solutions in next week’s Sunday Mirror 6 2000 action film directed by and starring Clint Eastwood with Tommy Lee

Jones, James Garner and Donald Sutherland (5,7)

8 Passage of music played at a moderately slow tempo (7)

9 Wild dog of

Australia (5)

10 Stewart —, golfer who won The Open Championship in 2009 (4)

12 Aniseed-flavoured

aperitif (6)

14 Castrated cock fowl fattened for eating (5)

15 Simon —, actor who played the King of Anatolia in 2003 comedy-drama film Bright Young

Things (6)

16 Mike —,

2003 Masters Tournamentwinning golfer (4) 19 Ancient measure based on the length of the forearm (5) 21 Hebrew prophet of the 6th century BC (7)

22 London borough including the areas of Bow and

Poplar (5,7)

DOWN

Crossword ACROSS

6 Recovery (12)

8 Chums (7)

9 Mammal

type (5)

10 Prying or

inquisitive (4)

12 Forearm bone (6) 14 Backless sofa (5) 15 Form of

address (6)

16 Unfasten (4)

19 Relating to

birth (5)

21 Greek

restaurant (7)

22 Importance (12)

DOWN

1 Surpasses (8)

2 Rotates (5)

3 Faith (5)

4 European language (7)

5 Unconscious state (4)

6 Sophisticated and

superior good taste (10)

7 Ardent (10)

11 Knight’s title (3)

12 Beam of natural light (3)

13 Lacking knowledge (8)

14 Refuse politely to accept

or do (7)

17 Rigid (5)

18 Expel from a property (5) 20 Skinny (4)