Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other. QUIZWORD CLUES
ACROSS
6 and 22 2006 novel by James Robertson (3,9,2,6,4) 8 1992 novel by Dirk Bogarde (7) 9 Tropical American tree whose edible fruit has pink juicy flesh (5) 10 Malaysian or Indonesian knife with a wavy-edged blade (4) 12 Joseph —, author of novels The Secret Agent, Lord Jim and Nostromo (6) 14 European —, small marine food fish also called a brisling (5) 15 Duchy of medieval SW Germany (6) 16 Vladimir —, 1956 Olympic 5,000m and 10,000m gold medallist (4) 19 1964-66 Cheltenham Gold Cup-winning horse (5) 21 State capital of Maine, US (7)
22 See 6 Across DOWN
1 Wayne —, 1992 and 2003 Australian Open singles tennis championship semi-finalist (8) 2 Small tree with pink flowers and rounded edible fruit (5) 3 One of The Three Musketeers in works by Alexandre Dumas (5) 4 1985 novel by John Fowles (1,6) 5 Buffalo endemic to Indonesia comprising the species the Mountain — and Lowland — (4) 6 Republic bordering on China whose capital is Dushanbe (10) 7 1980 film comedy featuring Chevy Chase and Bill Murray (10) 11 Resort town in Belgium with medicinal mineral springs (3) 12 1983 novel by Bernard Maclaverty (3) 13 Jean-jacques —, 18th-century political philosopher whose works include The Social Contract (8) 14 Region of central Europe along the Oder mainly in SW Poland (7) 17 Richard —, author of 1962 story collection Eleven Kinds of Loneliness (5) 18 Noah —, 2000 Olympic 1,500m gold medallist (5) 20 Capital city of Yamanashi Prefecture in Honshu, Japan (4)
CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS
6 Military information (12) 8 All-important (7) 9 Cunningly avoid (5) 10 Horses (4) 12 Pungent bulb (6) 14 Rot (5) 15 Regretful (6) 16 Gemstone (4) 19 Give lessons in (5) 21 Curly lock of hair (7) 22 Kitchen furniture item (5,7) DOWN 1 Strenuous exertion or effort (8) 2 Threshing implement (5) 3 Lasses (5) 4 Progress (7) 5 Corrosive substance (4) 6 Burn up completely (10) 7 Coffee pot with a filter (10) 11 Congeal (3) 12 Hiatus (3) 13 Tube of liquid make-up (3,5) 14 Duke’s wife (7) 17 Pokes (5) 18 Lining of a shoe (5) 20 Yes votes (4)