Quizword & Crossword

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

Quizword

ACROSS

6 1992 novel by

Esther Freud (7,5)

8 Placido —, Spanish tenor and conductor whose New York singing debut was in 1965 (7)

9 Mammal of central African forests with a reddish-brown coat (5) 10 Alex —, 2014 Cricket Writers’ Club Young Cricketer of the

Year (4)

12 Broadway show featuring Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel; 2004 Tony Award Best Musical nominee (6)

14 Jelena —, 2001 French Open women’s doubles tennis championship runner-up with Conchita Martinez (5) 15 Natural earth containing ferric oxide used as a pigment (6) 16 River in N England that flows to the North Sea at South Shields (4)

19 Graeme —, cyclist whose 2003 autobiography is entitled Flying Scotsman (5)

21 Amelia —, first woman to fly solo non-stop across the Atlantic (7) 22 1879 opera by Pyotr

Ilyich Tchaikovsky (6,6)

DOWN

1 1859 George Eliot novel featuring the character Hetty Sorrel (4,4) 2 Ezra —, US poet who died in Venice, Italy, in 1972 (5)

3 Mary —, Best Actress in a Supporting Role Oscar winner for

The Great Lie (5)

4 Group of languages spoken in South Sudan, Tanzania and other countries in East Africa (7)

5 Predatory gull-like bird such as the

Arctic — (4)

6 Trevor —, Anglican bishop; president of the Anti-apartheid Movement in 1981 (10) 7 Tom —, actor who portrayed Hank Williams in 2015 biopic I Saw the

Light (10)

11 State on the west

coast of India (3)

12 Katy —, actresscomedian associated with Anna Crilly (3)

13 1948 crime film starring Humphrey Bogart and Edward G Robinson (3,5)

14 River rising in

Russia near

Smolensk that flows south to the Black Sea (7)

17 — Castle, Kent home of Anne Boleyn before her marriage to Henry VIII (5)

18 Black partially dried plum with a wrinkled appearance (5)

20 Stanley —, FIFA president from

1961-74 (4)