Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword
ACROSS
1 and 16 Down
US state; capital Pierre (5,6)
7 1954 novel by James A Michener adapted for a 1957 film drama starring Marlon Brando (8)
8 University city in
West Yorkshire that hosts a triennial international piano competition (5)
10 18th-century
English highwayman associated with horse Black Bess (4,6)
12 Poem by John Masefield included in 1902 volume Saltwater Ballads (3,5)
14 Protruding part of the face below the mouth (4)
16 and 13 Down
1970 comedy-drama film starring Jane Asher and John Moulder-brown (4,3) 17 Best Actor in a Supporting Role Oscar nominee for Apollo 13 (2,6)
20 2008 novel by Linda
Fairstein (6,4)
23 Whitish milky fluid containing protein and starch produced by many plants including the rubber tree (5)
24 African republic;
capital Dodoma (8) 25 Capital of Gard, France whose Roman remains include the Maison Carree (5)
DOWN
1 Peter —, actor who played Clegg in BBC TV sitcom Last of the Summer Wine (6)
2 Mark —, 1984 and 1988 Olympic individual eventing gold medallist (4)
3 The —, 1994 action-comedy film starring Jim Carrey and Peter Riegert (4)
4 — 1, Russian spacecraft that crash-landed on return to earth in
1967 (5)
5 County of England; county town
Winchester (9)
6 Yellowish or brownish organic substance used in the leather industry (6)
9 Band of fibrous tissue connecting muscle to bone (5)
11 First ruler of the
Timurid Empire who died in 1405 (9)
13 See 16 Across 15 Former province of South Africa; capital Pietermaritzburg (5)
16 See 1 Across
18 Vic —, 1953 Wimbledon singles tennis champion (6)
19 Erich —, author of novels
Only Love and Prizes (5) 21 Peter —, Labour MP for Neath from 1991-2015; Secretary of State for Wales from 2002-08 (4) 22 1978-83 US television sitcom starring Judd Hirsch, Marilu Henner and Danny Devito (4)
Crossword
ACROSS
1 Assists in a
crime (5)
7 Plimsoll (8)
8 Wading bird (5)
10 Very precise about
details (10)
12 Virtually or
practically (2,4,2) 14 Inner planet (4)
16 Uncommon (4)
17 Adorn (8)
20 Advantageous,
encouraging (10) 23 Walking pole (5) 24 Hypothetical or
imaginary (8)
25 Seat (5)
DOWN
1 Schedule (6)
2 Rain heavily (4)
3 Indonesian island (4) 4 Make sense (3,2)
5 Casual (remark) (9) 6 Population count (6) 9 Male voice (5)
11 Make worse (9)
13 Tennis term (3)
15 Works hard (5)
16 Reimburse (6)
18 Newspaper boss (6) 19 Member of a court’s
panel (5)
21 Unfortunately (4)
22 Engrave (4)
Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Mirror