Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword
ACROSS
3 Stig —, Swedish winner of the 1984 World Rally Drivers’ Championship (9)
8 Peter —, singer-actor who was a member of The Monkees (4)
9 See 13 Across 10 Robert —, Archbishop of Canterbury from 1980-91 (6)
13 and 9 1933 comedymusical film starring Eddie Cantor (5,8)
14 Eric —, fighter who beat Nathan King in 2004 to become WBU Super Middleweight champion (7)
15 2012 winner of the Oaks ridden by Seamie Heffernan (3)
16 Town in Saxony, Germany, at the foot of the Ore Mountains (7)
17 James —, broadcaster whose credits include BBC TV series Connections, Tomorrow’s World and The Day the Universe Changed (5)
21 Bernice —, author of novels Madame Sousatzka and The Elected Member (6)
22 Fine soft wool from goats of a disputed region of SW central Asia (8)
23 Type of flaky pastry produced in very thin sheets (4)
24 Epistolary Jane Austen novel published posthumously in
1871 (4,5)
DOWN
1 1980 comedy crime film starring Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor (4,5)
2 Author of 1993 novel The Walpole Orange and 1997 autobiography A Kentish Lad (5,4)
4 Joseph —, director of films Secret Ceremony and Modesty Blaise (5) 5 Highly contagious viral disease characterised by a rash of small red spots (7)
6 Any or all of the sacred writings of Hinduism written in early Sanskrit (4)
7 Jonas —, US virologist who developed a vaccine against poliomyelitis (4)
11 Louise —, sculptor whose works include 1996’s Spider (9)
12 1982 George A Romero horror film anthology scripted by Stephen King (9)
14 19th letter in the Greek
alphabet (3)
15 Jean-antoine —,
French painter whose works include 1717’s The Embarkation for Cythera (7)
18 City in the Netherlands where Charles II of England resided during his exile (5)
19 Lake —, largest natural
lake in Wales (4)
20 Watery liquid that separates from the curd when milk is clotted (4)
Crossword
ACROSS
3 Expression of
grievance (9)
8 Title (4)
9 Falling into ruins (8) 10 Usual (6)
13 Film (5)
14 Large amount of
money (7)
15 Long fish (3)
16 Sudden large
increase (7)
17 Firearm (5)
21 Very nearly (6)
22 Having nowhere to
live (8)
23 Perceive sound (4) 24 Resents (9)
DOWN
1 Of unknown
identity (9)
2 Make up on the
spot (9)
4 Strangely (5)
5 Light umbrella used to
give shade (7)
6 Wheel spindle (4)
7 Steal (4)
11 Tall plant (9)
12 Room for communal
meals (9)
14 Price, cost (3)
15 Intellectual (7)
18 Fritter away (5)
19 Ear part (4)
20 Dread (4)