Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword ACROSS
1 and 9 1965 war drama film directed by and starring Frank Sinatra (4,3,3,5)
8 Market town in Cornwall famous for its Hal-an-Tow pageant and Furry Dance (7)
9 See 1 Across
10 City and tourist centre in Lombardy, Italy housing the Villa Olmo (4) 11 Uncastrated male pig (4)
12 Large black, earth-boring dung beetle (3)
14 Fibrous interior of the dishcloth gourd used as a bath sponge (6)
15 2008 action film starring James McAvoy and Morgan Freeman (6)
18 Industrial city in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany on the River Danube (3)
20 Resort town in Wicklow, Republic of Ireland (4)
21 Adolfo —, actor who played Emilio Largo in 1965 action film Thunderball (4)
23 London Tube station that became disused when the line from Epping closed in 1994 (5)
24 1897 novel by Bram Stoker (7)
25 Kate —, Canadian folk singer-songwriter; late mother of singers Rufus and Martha Wainwright (10)
DOWN
1 Genus of aquatic plants that includes the American lotus (7)
2 John —, Secretary of State for Defence from 1981-83 (4)
3 University city in NW Wales on the south shore of the Menai Strait (6)
4 City in N Israel on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee (8)
5 John —, actor who portrayed Jack Kerouac in 1980 film drama Heart Beat (5)
6 and 19 1983 novel by Terry Pratchett (3,6,2,5)
7 Flag officer in a navy junior to a vice admiral (4,7) 13 Capital of Australia (8)
16 1999 film comedy starring Albert Brooks and Sharon Stone (3,4)
17 Finlay —, rugby union flanker; 1986 Scotland Test debutant against France (6)
19 See 6 Down
22 Douglas —, Field Marshal who became Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force in 1915 (4) Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror
Crossword ACROSS
1 Hand out or deliver (10)
8 Art of making speeches (7)
9 Illegal act (5)
10 Guessing game (1-3)
11 Footwear item (4) 12 Newt (3)
14 Transgressor of divine laws (6)
15 Style of architecture (6)
18 Playing card (3)
20 Conversation (4)
21 Twofold (4)
23 Desire intensely (5)
24 Stubbornly resolute (7)
25 Narrow escape (5,5)
DOWN
1 Expressionless (7)
2 Atmospheric pollution (4)
3 Regular beat (6)
4 Unmarried man (8)
5 Two times (5)
6 As an example (3,8)
7 Express by hand movements (11)
13 Fidgety (8)
16 Commercial transport of goods (7)
17 Every time (6)
19 Electronic message (1-4)
22 Information (4) Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror