Quizword & Crossword CROSSWORD
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
QUIZWORD ACROSS
1 and 21 1959 biopic starring Danny Kaye as jazz performer ‘Red’ Nichols (3,4,7) 7 and 16 Musician-actor who played
The Pope in
1975 biopic Lisztomania (5,5) 8 and 23 1985 novel by Iain Banks (7,2,5)
9 John —, actor who played the title role in 2002 film drama Max (6) 11 and 22 The —, 1964 novel by Margaret Laurence (5,5) 13 National style of wrestling of Japan (4)
14 Edible marine gastropod mollusc whose shell is used for ornament or decoration (7)
15 City in North Rhine-westphalia, Germany, on the River
Lippe severely damaged in
World War II (4) 16 See 7 Across 17 City in Sarthe, NW France that hosts an annual motor race (2,4) 21 See 1 Across 22 See 11 Across 23 See 8 Across
DOWN
2 Another name for the wild pansy (10)
3 Horse racecourse east of Sandringham, Norfolk (8)
4 John —, British mathematician who conceived a diagram using circles to represent sets and their relationships (4) 5 Coniferous tree of New Zealand also called a red pine (4)
6 City in Uttar Pradesh, India, famous for the
Taj Mahal (4) 9 John —, 15thcentury Italian explorer of the coast from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland (5) 10 The —, 1957 novel by Muriel Spark (10)
12 The —, 1949 short novel by Mary Mccarthy (5)
13 The —, 2006 action film starring
Michael Douglas and Kiefer Sutherland (8) 18 The —, 18thcentury Gothic novel by Matthew Gregory Lewis whose title character is Ambrosio (4) 19 Large Old World tree of the mahogany family whose bark is used to make a tonic (4) 20 Sherilyn —, actress who plays Audrey Horne in US drama series Twin Peaks (4)
ACROSS
1 Loud kiss (7) 7 Not drunk (5) 8 Storehouse for corn (7) 9 Even though (6) 11 Of the sun (5)
13 Dog sound (4) 14 Former (3-4) 15 Surprise or astound (4)
16 Traffic light colour (5) 17 Aristocracy (6) 21 Dark bird (7) 22 Exclusive news story (5)
23 Group of three (7)
DOWN
2 Puppet with strings (10) 3 Spice used in baking (8) 4 Hearing organs (4) 5 Pleasantly cold (4)
6 Unit of hereditary (4) 9 Own up (5)
10 Beside the point (10)
12 Game between local teams (5) 13 Tall fur helmet (8) 18 Pleasant (4) 19 Housetop (4) 20 Couple (4)
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