Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword
ACROSS
3 Apostle also called
Saul of Tarsus (5,4)
8 Number of sheets of paper equal to 20 quires (4)
9 City and port on the Gulf of Mexico occupied by the US during the Tampico Affair of 1914 (8)
10 16th-century art gallery in Florence, Italy (6)
13 British singer-songwriter; winner of 15
Grammy Awards between 2009-17 (5) 14 Ancient Celtic festival celebrated on May Day (7)
15 Adolphe —, inventor
of the saxophone (3) 16 See 21 Across 17 Paul —, Liberal Democrat MP for North Cornwall from 1992-2005 (5) 21 and 16 Vissel Kobe and former Barcelona midfielder; Spain
2010 FIFA World Cup Final scorer (6,7)
22 Miguel —, Spanish cyclist; 1991-95 winner of the
Tour de France (8)
23 Asian bean plant whose nutritious seeds are used as food and forage (4) 24 Powerful whirlpool whose name derives from the Moskstraumen system in the Lofoten archipelago off the coast of Norway (9)
DOWN
1 Genus of evergreen conifers that includes the monkey puzzle tree (9)
2 Genus of tropical Asian parasitic plants that smell of putrid meat (9)
4 Bone in the ear also called the incus (5)
5 Portico at the west end of a basilica or church, especially one at right angles to the nave (7)
6 Small disc of rubber used in ice hockey (4)
7 Ancient city of Sumer whose rulers included the legendary Gilgamesh (4)
11 See 19 Down
12 Tigran —, 1963-69 World Chess Championship title holder (9)
14 Cry of a sheep (3)
15 James —, Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar winner for The Philadelphia Story (7)
18 Tropical Asian tree with orange-yellow ovoid fruit (5)
19 and 11 Actress who played the title role in 2016 sci-fi and horror film Morgan (4,6-3)
20 Constable in
William Shakespeare stage play Love’s Labour’s Lost (4)
Crossword
ACROSS
3 Applicant (9)
8 Plant with
showy flowers (4)
9 Pattern or model (8)
10 Star sign (6)
13 Cause slight
anger to (5)
14 Table game (7)
15 Hairpiece (3)
16 Pistol case (7)
17 Church decree
or law (5)
21 State of being rich (6)
22 Mortgage (4,4)
23 Data (4)
24 Spectators, witnesses (9)
DOWN
1 Book about
a person’s life (9)
2 Take apart (9)
4 Savoury
meat jelly (5)
5 Sweetheart (7)
6 Extinct creature (4)
7 Roman gown (4)
11 Miser (9)
12 Police baton (9)
14 Knight’s title (3)
15 State of
being married (7)
18 Legal
possessor (5)
19 Become a member (4)
20 Male protagonist (4)