Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword
ACROSS
1 Songbird with long pointed wings and a forked tail to which the adjective hirundine relates (7) 7 and 8 2011 romcom starring Claire Forlani and Dougray Scott (5,7) 8 See 7 Across 9 Island in the Inner
Hebrides housing Fingal’s Cave (6)
11 and 20 Down Comedian and actor who played the Toymaker in 1968 family film Chitty Chitty
Bang Bang (5,4)
13 Unit of liquid measure equal to one quarter of a pint (4)
14 Small finch-like bird such as the house — or tree — (7) 15 2010 film drama starring Conor Mccarron written and directed by Peter Mullan (4)
16 English name of Milou, white fox terrier in The Adventures of Tintin comic book series (5)
17 Moon of Saturn discovered by William Henry Pickering in 1899 (6) 21 Christopher —, actor who portrayed James Herriot in BBC TV series All Creatures Great and Small (7) 22 See 10 Down 23 The —, Gustav Holst suite for orchestra in seven movements that premiered in 1918 (7)
DOWN
2 2000 novel
by Zadie Smith (5,5) 3 1996 adventure film starring Ted Danson and Joely Richardson (4,4)
4 and 12 2003 film Western starring Robert Duvall and Kevin Costner (4,5) 5 Sweet fortified
dessert wine (4)
6 Will —, author of novels Shark, The Butt and Dorian (4) 9 Charles —, explorer who discovered the Darling River in Australia in 1829 (5) 10 and 22 Across 1967 film comedy starring Phil Silvers and Kenneth Williams (6,4,5)
12 See 4 Down 13 Welsh painter whose works include 1903’s
The Student (4,4) 18 Sultanate in southeast Arabia; capital Muscat (4) 19 Flesh of a cow when killed for food (4)
20 See 11 Across
Crossword
ACROSS
1 Place apart (7)
7 Hooded snake (5)
8 Wreckage found
floating (7)
9 Beat, conquer (6)
11 Confuse (5)
13 Body part below
the ankle (4)
14 Remarkable or
distinguished (7)
15 Eight furlongs (4) 16 Snatches (5)
17 Get round, avoid (6)
21 Learned person (7) 22 Bitterly
pungent (5)
23 Protects (7)
DOWN
2 Agreement in aims
or interests (10)
3 Much less (3,5)
4 Furniture wood (4) 5 Intense feeling of
deep affection (4) 6 Gratis (4)
9 Football game between local teams (5)
10 Legitimate and
honest (5,5)
12 Book of maps (5)
13 Frightening (8)
18 Ice hockey
disc (4)
19 Small mistake (4) 20 Nagging pain (4)