Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword
ACROSS
6 The —, 1880 novel by
Thomas Hardy (7-5)
8 District of Liverpool after which a Premier League football club is named (7)
9 River in Poland upon which Poznan stands (5)
10 Department of NE France; capital Troyes (4)
12 Angela —, Chancellor of Germany from 2005-21 (6)
14 SI unit of electric
capacitance (5)
15 Francis —, Scottish painter whose works include 1921’s Roses at Cassis (6)
16 Mountain in
Greek mythology sandwiched between Olympus and Pelion by Otus and
Ephialtes (4)
19 Another word for the
armpit (5)
21 1888 one-act comedy play by Anton Chekhov (3,4)
22 1978 crime drama film starring Dustin Hoffman and Theresa Russell (8,4)
DOWN
1 2007 film comedy starring Jonah Hill and Michael Cera (8)
2 Mark —, US swimmer who won seven gold medals at the 1972 Olympics (5) 3 Jule —, composer of the music for Broadway musicals Gypsy and Hallelujah, Baby! (5)
4 Large brown kelp also
called tangle (7)
5 See 17 Down
6 and 18 Two-part play written in 1900 by August Strindberg whose central characters are husband and wife Edgar and
Alice (3,5,2,5)
7 Scottish golfer; 1999 winner of The Open Championship (4,6)
11 George —, director of films 7 Faces of Dr Lao, The Time Machine and tom thumb (3)
12 Jodhi —, actress who played Alice Munro in 1992 action film The Last of the
Mohicans (3)
13 Janica —, Croatian alpine skier; 2002 and 2006 Olympic combined gold medallist (8)
14 1933 children’s novel by Felix Salten subtitled The Emperor’s
Stallion (7)
17 and 5 1937 comedydrama film starring Katharine Hepburn and Ginger Rogers (5,4)
18 See 6 Down 20 Jacques —, French director and star of Best Foreign Language Film Oscar winner Mon Oncle (4)
Crossword ACROSS
6 Paid player (12) 8 Planet (7)
9 Single-file party
dance (5)
10 Too (4)
12 Insect type (6) 14 Oyster’s gem (5) 15 Mistakes or
inaccuracies (6) 16 Upper limbs (4) 19 Permit (5)
21 Disease associated with a fever (7)
22 Not justifiable
by argument (12)
DOWN
1 Music writer (8)
2 First presentation in
public (5)
3 Thing of value (5)
4 Hide (7)
5 Area of garden grass (4)
6 Today (7,3)
7 Wide-ranging or
extensive (5-5)
11 Affirmative (3)
12 Before (3)
13 Clothes closet (8)
14 Person who sneaks about (7) 17 Cinder (5)
18 Melting snow (5)
20 Solitary (4)