Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword ACROSS
1 Oliver —, South
African politician; president of the ANC from 1967-91 (5)
4 The —, 1820 novel by
Walter Scott (5)
10 See 23 Across 11 Inland port in SE Texas, US; site of the Lyndon B Johnson Space Center (7)
12 1945 Broadway musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein based on 1909 stage play Liliom by Ferenc Molnar (8)
13 Tropical Asian plant with fleshy leaves cultivated for its large edible rootstock (4)
15 German river rising in the Black Forest that joins the Rhine at Mannheim (6)
17 Violin played as a folk
instrument (6)
19 and 5 Down
2009 novel by David Baldacci (4,4)
20 Ancient catapult for hurling large missiles (8)
23 and 10
Plateau in Tamil Nadu, India noted as a teagrowing district (7,5) 24 Musical ornamentation consisting of the rapid alternation between one tone and the next above it (5)
25 William —, Best
Director Oscar winner for Ben-hur, The Best Years of Our Lives and Mrs Miniver (5) 26 — River, tributary of the Missouri, US that flows into the Lake of the Ozarks reservoir (5)
DOWN
2 Alfred —, Austrian psychiatrist who authored The Neurotic Character and The Practice and
Theory of Individual Psychology (5)
3 Jean-michel —, US artist whose works include 1982’s Moses and the Egyptians (8) 5 See 19 Across
6 1981 sci-fi film starring Sean Connery and Peter Boyle (7)
7 and 22 1926 stage play by W Somerset Maugham whose central character is Constance
Middleton (3,8,4)
8 Small mouse-like longsnouted mammal such as the common — (5)
9 and 16 2003 romcom starring George Clooney and Catherine Zeta-jones (11,7)
14 See 18 Down
16 See 9 Down
18 and 14 Conservative MP for Havant from 1992-2015; 2010-14 Minister of State for Universities and Science (5,8)
21 The —, 1973 comedydrama film starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford (5)
22 See 7 Down
Crossword
ACROSS
1 Halts (5)
4 Light quick meal (5) 10 Scandinavian (5)
11 Lawlessness (7)
12 On a higher floor (8) 13 Fencing sword (4)
15 Group of seven (6) 17 Casualty (6)
19 Garden basket (4) 20 Unmarried man (8) 23 Tramp (7)
24 Imperial unit (5)
25 Deadly sin (5)
26 Capture by
trickery (5)
DOWN
2 Rotates (5)
3 Ready (8)
5 Tidy or carefully
arranged (4)
6 Pilot’s compartment (7) 7 Prying (11)
8 Wed (5)
9 Huge self-service
store (11)
14 Of noble birth (8)
16 Rubber suction cup on a
rod (7)
18 Inner planet (5)
21 Large passenger ship or
aircraft (5)
22 Magician’s stick (4)