Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
QUIZWORD CLUES ACROSS
6 and 8 2009 film comedy starring, co-written and co-directed by Ricky Gervais (3,9,2,5) 8 See 6 Across
9 Ed —, musical collaborator with Spike Milligan whose film scores include
1978 film drama The Thirty Nine Steps (5)
10 Wall or fence set in a ditch so as not to interrupt the landscape (2-2)
12 Des —, former MP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun; Secretary of State for Defence from 2006-08 (6) 14 Ancient city in central Egypt on the River Nile (5)
15 Asian alcoholic drink made from the sap of the coco palm (6)
16 Ship designed for
Fridtjof Nansen’s 1893 Arctic explorations (4) 19 Jack —, actor-director who played Jamie Mitchell in BBC TV soap Eastenders from 1998-2002 (5) 21 James —, author of novels The Fire Next
Time and If Beale
Street Could Talk (7)
22 1978 film drama starring Charlton Heston and David Carradine (4,4,4)
DOWN
1 Byron —, 1999-2007
New Zealand scrum-half who played club rugby for Stade Francais and Toulouse (8)
2 Jessica —, 2009
World Championships heptathlon gold medallist (5) 3 Golf club with a low, angled face (5)
4 Jackie —, 1969, 1971 and 1973 F1 world drivers’ championship winner (7)
5 Helmut —, Chancellor of West Germany from 1982-90 (4)
6 2010 family film starring Dwayne Johnson and Ashley Judd (5,5)
7 and 17 1889 novel by Jerome K Jerome (5,3,2,1,4)
11 River in southeast
Wales upon which Newport stands (3) 12 Tributary of the Narew River forming part of Poland’s border with Belarus and Ukraine (3) 13 2004 novel by
G P Taylor (8)
14 Peter —, author of novels Chatterton and The Lambs of London (7) 17 See 7 Down 18 Raymond —, US golfer; 1976 Masters Tournament winner (5) 20 Paul Gustave —, 19th-century French illustrator of works by Rabelais (4)
CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS
6 Party celebrating a new home (5-7) 8 Nourish (7)
9 Actor in the background (5) 10 Broad smile (4) 12 Afternoon nap in a hot country (6)
14 Mar (5)
15 Catch fire (6)
16 Spanish sparkling wine (4)
19 Keen (5)
21 Assist or aid (4,3) 22 Extreme surprise (12)
DOWN
1 Custodian (8)
2 First game for a new team (5)
3 Ship of the desert (5) 4 Endanger (7)
5 Tangle (4)
6 Unpowered flying apparatus (4-6)
7 Sound of knocking at a door (3-1-3-3) 11 Mimic (3)
12 Drink gingerly (3) 13 Experienced (8)
14 World of celebrities (7) 17 Seat (5)
18 First Greek letter (5) 20 Sudden blast of wind (4)