Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword ACROSS
1 and 16 Down Navigator who discovered the sea route from Portugal to India around the Cape of Good Hope (5,2,4) 7 1948 crime film starring Humphrey Bogart and Edward G Robinson (3,5)
8 Capital of Deux-sevres department, France (5) 10 Mark —, England Test cricketer who hit 154 against West Indies at Bridgetown in 1998 (10) 12 1999 sci-fi film starring Jennifer Jason Leigh as Allegra Geller (8) 14 1968 biopic that starred
Julie Andrews as Gertrude Lawrence (4) 16 Constable in the
William Shakespeare play Love’s
Labour’s Lost (4) 17 Joseph —, US Army general known as Vinegar Joe who died in 1946 (8)
20 London-born actor who directed the
1997 film drama
Nil By Mouth (4,6)
23 and 25 English magician associated with puppet
Basil Brush (5,5)
24 Abel —, Prime Minister of the unrecognized state of Zimbabwe Rhodesia in 1979 (8)
25 See 23 Across
DOWN
1 Port in northeast Italy built on over 100 islands (6)
2 John Dickson —, author of the 1935 mystery novel The Hollow Man (4) 3 and 21 R M Ballantyne novel subtitled
A Tale of the
Cornish Mines (4,4) 4 John —, Denver
Broncos American football quarterback; Super Bowl
XXXIII MVP (5) 5 Migration of Boer farmers in Cape Colony, South Africa from 1836-45 in order to escape British authority (5,4) 6 and 18 1988 novel by Michael Moorcock (6,6) 9 University city in south Estonia formerly under Russian, Polish and Swedish rule (5)
11 1943 musical-comedy film starring
Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney (4,5) 13 The —, 1995 film thriller starring Sandra Bullock as Angela Bennett (3) 15 The —, Greek epic poem describing the siege of Troy (5) 16 See 1 Across
18 See 6 Down
19 Adrienne —, actress whose roles include
Mrs Alexander in
1971 film drama A Clockwork Orange (5) 21 See 3 Down 22 Mohammad —, former Afghanistan cricket captain (4)
Crossword ACROSS
1 Loses colour (5) 7 Heavy fall of rain (8) 8 Bring up (5) 10 Rickety, derelict (10)
12 Acquisition (8)
14 Desire (4)
16 Nourish (4)
17 Tactful (8)
20 Neglected (7,3) 23 Catch game
or fish illegally (5) 24 Induced hydraulic
drilling (8)
25 Twelve dozen (5)
DOWN
1 Cloth (6)
2 Always (4) 3 Bereavement (4) 4 Work dough (5)
5 Turf accountant (9) 6 Take into custody (6) 9 Single fact (5) 11 Layer of paint (9) 13 Snow runner (3) 15 Exclusive news story (5) 16 Soft and light (6) 18 Pantyhose (6) 19 Male duck (5) 21 Ridge of drifted sand (4) 22 Bellow (4)