Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
QUIZWORD ACROSS
1 Michael —, actor who played the title role in ITV comedy-drama series Boon (7) 7 and 11 US actress who starred as Goldine Serafin in 1979 film drama Goldengirl (5,5) 8 Fruit of the blackberry (7) 9 Port in Seine-maritime, France, with a ferry link to Newhaven, East Sussex (6) 11 See 7 Across 13 D C —, Australia Test cricketer who hit 200 against New Zealand in Perth in 1989 (4) 14 Genus of crustaceans, some species of which are used as food for aquarium fish (7) 15 Word used as an instruction to ignore a correction on a manuscript (4) 16 Berhane —, 2003 World Championships women’s 10,000m gold medallist (5) 17 Martina —, 1997 US Open singles tennis championship winner (6) 21 and Test who 23 cricketer took Pakistan 8-164 against England in Lahore in 2000 (7,7) 22 and 9 Down 1869 novel by R D Blackmore (5,5) 23 See 21 Across
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2 Ambrogio —, Sienese painter whose works include the frescoes Allegory of Bad Government and Allegory of Good Government (10) 3 — Current, movement of seawater of the South Pacific flowing north along the coasts of Peru and Chile (8) 4 George —, actor who starred as Arthur Daley in long-running ITV series Minder (4) 5 Member of a Muslim mystical order (4) 6 John —, rugby union prop; 2005 Wales Test debutant against England (4) 9 See 22 Across 10 Roman goddess of the underworld (10) 12 Town in W Belgium; scene of many battles in World War One (5) 13 Companion of Falstaff sentenced to hang for looting in William Shakespeare play Henry V (8) 18 Colourless gaseous element; symbol Ne (4) 19 Island in the
Inner Hebrides; site of an abbey founded by St Columba (4) 20 Capital of Azerbaijan (4)
CROSSWORD ACROSS
1 Ease the pain of (7) 7 Superhero magazine (5) 8 Shipping hazard (7) 9 On fire (6) 11 Witch’s formula (5) 13 Young salmon (4) 14 Oblivious (7) 15 Touch with the lips (4) 16 Group of 20 (5) 17 Brutish person (6) 21 Cure for all ills (7) 22 Communion table (5) 23 Demonstrate against (7)
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2 Job (10) 3 Almost unbelievable (8) 4 Uncommon (4) 5 Mass of bread (4) 6 Prima donna (4) 9 In front (5) 10 As an estimate (4,2,4) 12 Bellybutton (5) 13 Strong inclination or liking (8) 18 Lazy (4) 19 Way off (4) 20 Just, impartial (4)