Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword ACROSS
1 Harriet Beecher —, author of 1852 novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin (5)
4 See 25 Across 10 Valentino —, 2002-05, 2008 and 2009 winner of the Motogp World Championship (5)
11 Plant of the daisy family; national emblem of Scotland (7)
12 Port in Gironde, France, on the River
Garonne (8)
13 Jim —, Scottish fighter; WBC Lightweight champion from
1979-81 (4)
15 Pagan festival of Celtic origin also called Lughnasadh that occurs in August (6)
17 Mediterranean plant with star-shaped blue flowers whose young leaves are used in salads (6)
19 John —, Secretary of State for Defence from 1981-83 (4)
20 Mountain in Switzerland
in the Bernese Alps (8) 23 Richard —, 2004 French Open mixed doubles tennis championship winner with Tatiana Golovin (7)
24 Condition characterised by acute spasmodic abdominal pain (5)
25 and 4 Pioneer mail courier and banking service that operated in the western US from the mid-19th century (5,5) 26 Nigel —, actor who played the title role in 1970s BBC TV drama series Owen, MD (5)
DOWN
2 Electroshock gun developed by NASA researcher Jack
Cover (5)
3 Large hardwood tree of eastern and central North America with light ash-grey bark (5,3)
5 — Khan, lightweight boxing silver medallist at the
2004 Olympics (4)
6 1997 sci-fi film starring Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman (7)
7 City in East Java, Indonesia, famous for its small sweet green mangoes (11)
8 Rex —, author of mystery novels The Broken Vase and The Hand in the Glove (5)
9 1988 film comedy starring Michael
Keaton in the title role (11)
14 1980 comedy-crime film starring Burt Reynolds and Lesley-anne Down (5,3) 16 Henri —, French painter and sculptor whose works include 1905’s Woman with the
Hat (7)
18 Luciano —, motor racing driver;
2000 F1 debutant in the Austrian GP (5)
21 The —, 1997 horror film starring Penelope Ann Miller and Tom Sizemore (5)
22 Island off the West coast of Scotland whose chief town is Tobermory (4)
Crossword ACROSS
1 Spanish man (5)
4 Watch band (5)
10 Bring together (5)
11 Item (7)
12 Recently (8)
13 Abominable
snowman (4)
15 Salad ingredient (6) 17 Scottish clan
design (6)
19 Need to scratch (4) 20 Cloudy (8)
23 Shine faintly (7)
24 Begin working (3,2) 25 Whinny (5)
26 Paris underground (5)
DOWN
2 Expel from a
property (5)
3 Egg-based dish (8)
5 Toddlers (4)
6 Of the far past (7)
7 Exert personal
influence (4,7)
8 Serving spoon (5)
9 Submissive unresisting attitude (11)
14 Ball game (8)
16 Device, appliance (7) 18 Each (5)
21 Change (5)
22 Polluted mist (4)
Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Mirror