Quizword & Crossword

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

Quizword ACROSS

1 City in central

Sweden housing a 15th-century university (7)

7 Holiday commemorating the delivery of the Jews from a massacre planned by

Haman (5)

8 Small Spanish or Portuguese sailing ship of the 15th and 16th centuries (7)

9 and 172000 comedydrama film starring Chris Beattie and Greg Mclane (6,6)

11 2009 sci-fi film starring Gerard Butler and Amber

Valletta (5)

13 Small grey requiem shark of European coastal waters (4)

14 Japanese decorative art of flower arrangement (7)

15 Unit of liquid measure of capacity equal to one eighth of a gallon (4)

16 Carl —, 2010-11 WBC Super Middleweight champion (5)

17 See 9 Across 21 Cotton cloth with a pattern of coloured squares on a white background (7)

22 and 12 Down Evergreen coniferous tree of North America such as the

Northern — (5,5)

23 Alfred —, judge who was Master of the Rolls from 1962-82 (7)

DOWN

2 1968 Broadway stage play by Neil

Simon (5,5)

3 The —, 1948 film drama for which Olivia de Havilland was a Best Actress in a Leading Role nominee (5,3) 4 Plant related to the onion; a national emblem of Wales (4) 5 Pufferfish used as food in Japan after its poisonous liver has been removed (4)

6 and 20 1960s ITV comedy series starring Kenny Everett and Jonathan Routh (4,4)

9 Father of Hector, Paris and Cassandra in Greek mythology (5)

10 1993 comedy-horror film starring Warwick Davis in the title role (10)

12 See 22 Across 13 Aromatic perennial herb of the daisy family widely used in classic French cooking (8) 18 Bert —, actor whose roles included Professor Spats in 1968 comedydrama film The Night They Raided Minsky’s (4)

19 1999 film comedy starring Matthew Mcconaughey in the title role (4)

20 See 6 Down

17 Counsel (6)

21 Aimless or rootless

person (7)

22 Huge mythical

being (5)

23 Glazed currant

bun (7)

DOWN

2 Plastic bullet (5,5) 3 Careless,

hurried (8)

4 Sell (4)

5 Leap (4)

6 Bombs? (4)

9 African

mammal (5)

10 Irritatingly clever

person (5,5)

12 Sheriff’s men (5)

13 Horrendous (8)

18 Blood vessel (4)

19 Croon (4)

20 Gratis (4)