Quizword & Crossword

Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.

ACROSS

3 and 23 Conspiracy by a group of Catholics to blow up James I and his Parliament on November 5, 1605 (9,4) 8 Card of the lowest ranking suit in bridge (4) 9 Ernest Albert —, British painter whose works include The Banks of the River Loing and Suffolk Marshes (8) 10 Rodent of Central and South America valued for its meat (6)

13 Lough —, inlet between Donegal and Derry on the north coast of Northern Ireland (5)

14 Term coined by

Norman Mailer to describe facts which have no existence before appearing in the press (7) 15 Male of a cat (3)

16 Either of the two occasions when day and night are of equal length (7) 17 Sheikhdom in the NE United Arab Emirates (5) 21 Capital of Turkey (6) 22 Nuala —, author of

2001 novel My Dream of You (8)

23 See 3 Across 24 Brian —, Chairman of the Conservative Party from 1995-97 (9)

DOWN

1 Anne —, author of 2001 novel The Skies of Pern (9)

2 Petty thief in William Shakespeare play The Winter’s Tale named after a grandfather of Odysseus in Greek mythology (9) 4 Stanley —, South Africa-born entertainer known for speaking gobbledegook who died in 2002 (5)

5 City in Germany on the Havel River that hosted a 1945 meeting of the principal Allies in World War II (7)

6 Kirsty —, television presenter whose credits include Newsnight and The Late Show (4)

7 God of love in

Greek mythology (4)

11 Fast mackerel shark with a white area on the back of the dorsal fin (9)

12 and 18 Group of mountains in Antarctica on the coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica, bounded by the

Ross Sea (9,5)

14 Edward —, actor who played the title role in 1973 film drama The Day of the Jackal (3)

15 Principal area in SE

Wales that includes the towns of Pontypool and Cwmbran (7) 18 See 12 Down 19 Trading group established in Europe in 1960 whose members now include Iceland and Norway (4) 20 Ferdinand —, French commander in chief of Allied armies on the Western front in World War I (4)

CROSSWORD CLUES

ACROSS

3 Surplus to requirements (9) 8 Knowledge test (4) 9 Eastern (8)

10 Inflatable mattress (3,3) 13 Popular beer (5)

14 Tiny bit of sugar (7) 15 Forbid (3)

16 Jittery (7)

17 Reddish dye (5)

21 Breathe in (6)

22 Screen test (8) 23 Pronounce indistinctly (4) 24 Shuttlecock sport (9) DOWN 1 Slide on a wet road (9) 2 Ignore (9)

4 Wear away (5) 5 Mythical creature (7) 6 Puts on (4)

7 Shipshape (4) 11 Revolving platform (9) 12 Small pruning shears (9)

14 Household fuel (3) 15 Gold or silver in mass (7) 18 Number-calling game (5)

19 Valved brass instrument (4) 20 Company or business partnership (4)