Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
QUIZWORD CLUES ACROSS
1 Port in Rio Negro Department, W Uruguay noted for its meatpacking industry (4,6) 8 Small marine food fish with a salty taste (7)
9 River in Poland upon which Poznan stands (5) 10 Ancient Egyptian female fertility goddess usually depicted with a cow’s horns (4)
11 and 1 Down 1994 crime drama film starring
John Travolta and
Samuel L Jackson (4,7) 12 Fifth note of a major scale in tonic sol-fa (3) 14 1972 novel by Michael Crichton under pen-name John Lange (6)
15 Anish —, sculptor who won the 1991
Turner Prize (6) 18 Evergreen or deciduous tree or shrub whose fruit is the acorn (3)
20 2001 novel by
Irvine Welsh (4)
21 Godfrey —, author of volumes of autobiography The Positive Hour and The Infirm Glory (4)
23 Sacred book of Islam (5) 24 Type of skin lesion such as the Ink-spot — (7)
25 City in Punjab, Pakistan, housing a museum and zoo (10)
DOWN
1 See 11 Across 2 Sea of —, arm of the Black Sea fed chiefly by the River Don (4) 3 Commune in Calvados, France, associated with a famous tapestry (6)
4 Language of fictional superstate Oceania in 1949 George Orwell novel Nineteen Eighty-four (8) 5 Fragrant rootstock of various irises used in perfumery (5) 6 — Castle, a place of imprisonment of Charles I near
Newport on the
Isle of Wight (11)
7 and 13 Wife of Charles II of England, France, Scotland and Ireland from 1662-85 (9,2,8) 13 See 7 Down
16 Laurence —, Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for The Boys from Brazil (7)
17 Keir —, US actor who starred as Dr Dave Bowman in 1968 sci-fi film 2001:
A Space Odyssey (6) 19 Zoltan —, director of film dramas Cry, the Beloved Country and A Woman’s Vengeance (5) 22 Children’s card game (4)
CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS
1 People on buses (10) 8 Causing a smile or laugh (7)
9 Slightly wet (5) 10 Visage (4)
11 Flutter (4)
12 Snake-like fish (3) 14 Guarantee (6)
15 Body art item (6) 18 Knock (3)
20 Middle of the day (4) 21 Summer month (4) 23 Vote in (5)
24 Kitchen item (4,3) 25 Kindly (10)
DOWN
1 Swoops (7)
2 Leg part (4)
3 Swallow up (6) 4 Strategy (4,4)
5 Pay increase (5) 6 Lacking enthusiasm or energy (4-7) 7 Without purpose or occupation (2,1,5,3) 13 Brown-haired woman (8)
16 Musical instrument (7) 17 Type of cloak (6)
19 Bit (5)
22 Broad (4)