Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
QUIZWORD ACROSS
1 City in Lombardy, Italy, west of Lake Garda (7) 7 2006 film comedy starring Sacha Baron Cohen in the title role (5) 8 Seaside resort in Dorset on the Isle of Purbeck (7) 9 Barbara —, 1979 Australian Open singles tennis championship winner (6) 11 Hawaiian word for hello or goodbye (5) 13 and 6 Down City in Egypt at the north end of the Suez Canal (4,4) 14 Brother of Amulius and grandfather of Romulus and Remus in Roman mythology (7) 15 and 22 US actress who played Clare Pettengill in Channel 4 sitcom The Book Group (4,5) 16 Gina —, actress who played Judy Molloy in 2009 film comedy In the Loop (5) 17 David Hyde —, actor who played Dr Niles Crane in US television sitcom Frasier (6) 21 Yellowish substance extracted from wool used in some ointments (7) 22 See 15 Across 23 Substance secreted by bees to build honeycombs (7)
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2 Interim capital of Pakistan from 1959-69 (10) 3 2007 science fiction film starring Cillian Murphy (8) 4 Villainous ensign in William Shakespeare play Othello (4) 5 Room or hall used for the practice of martial arts (4) 6 See 13 Across 9 Benjamin —, Dorset farmer and vaccination pioneer who died in 1816 (5) 10 1990 actioncomedy film starring Mel Gibson and Robert Downey, Jr (3,7) 12 Crippled character in 1839 Charles Dickens novel Nicholas Nickleby (5) 13 and 20 1924 novel by Mary Webb whose central character is Prue Sarn (8,4) 18 Twelfth month of the Jewish civil year (4) 19 Member of a Native American people living in central Canada (4) 20 See 13 Down
CROSSWORD ACROSS
1 Surgical pincers (7) 7 Bereaved wife (5) 8 Christian ceremony (7) 9 Trustworthy (6) 11 Sailing vessel (5) 13 Always (4) 14 Very many (7) 15 Eat and drink to lose weight (4) 16 Pub close to one’s home (5) 17 Delights greatly (6) 21 Seek the advice or opinion of (7) 22 Relative darkness (5) 23 Have as one’s property (7)
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2 Equal to (2,1,3,4) 3 Trap in a lie (5,3) 4 Bunch of flowers (4) 5 Grain store (4) 6 Worked with a loom (4) 9 Code word for the letter H (5) 10 Pair of glasses (10) 12 Unlocks (5) 13 Sanctions (8) 18 Dull persistent pain (4) 19 Manufactured (4) 20 Stringed toy (2-2) Solutions in Monday’s Daily Mirror