Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword
ACROSS
6 The —, 2000 action film starring George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg (7,5)
8 Collective name for the islands of the Pacific Ocean (7)
9 Strong, fine cotton thread or fabric named after its original place of manufacture in France (5)
10 British nobleman ranking below a marquess and above a viscount (4) 12 and 22
1924 short story collection by Agatha Christie (6,12)
14 Mark —, Liberal Democrat MP for Winchester from 1997-2010 (5)
15 Hindu or Buddhist temple in SE Asia usually with a multiple-tiered tower (6)
16 Industrial city south of Moscow, Russia, on the River Upa (4) 19 Ninth day before the ides of each month in the
Roman calendar (5) 21 University city in central Texas, US, associated with the agriculture and petroleum industries (7)
22 See 12 Across
DOWN
1 Arboreal amphibian such as the Gray — of the US and
Canada (4,4)
2 1974 biopic starring Dustin Hoffman in the title role (5)
3 Arjun —, golfer who won the
2008 Maybank Malaysian Open (5)
4 Cheese made in the district of Melton Mowbray named after a place in Cambridgeshire (7)
5 River forming part of the border between Azerbaijan and Iran (4) 6 1680 opera by JeanBaptiste Lully (10)
7 Author of stage plays Thark and The Bed Before Yesterday (3,7) 11 Cry of a sheep (3)
12 Female swan (3)
13 Gambling game in which a ball is dropped onto a spinning wheel divided into numbered slots (8)
14 The —, Greek epic poem ascribed to Homer (7)
17 Republic in the Caribbean whose capital is Port-auPrince (5)
18 Largest Frenchspeaking city in Belgium (5)
20 1880 novel by Emile
Zola (4)
Solutions in next week’s Sunday Mirror
Crossword ACROSS
6 Shrewd
bargaining (5-7) 8 Chatters (7)
9 Different (5)
10 Australian
birds (4)
12 Deny any connection with (6)
14 Fundamental (5) 15 First batsman (6) 16 Skin irritation (4) 19 Musical speed (5) 21 Not very
(often) (4,3)
22 Motor racing
term (4,8)
DOWN
1 Stick out, project (8) 2 Gem (5)
3 Iron (5)
4 Foolish (7)
5 Unit of length (4)
6 From now on (10)
7 Valved brass
instrument (6,4)
11 Glass container (3) 12 Use a spade (3)
13 Surpass (8)
14 Precious (7)
17 Pry (5)
18 Slow-moving
creature (5)
20 Frame of mind (4)