Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword
ACROSS
1. Male bee in a colony whose function is to mate with the queen (5) 7 Winner of the 1965 PGA
Championship (4,4)
8 Former small coin of France worth three deniers (5)
10 Capital of Denmark (10) 12 Textile town in Greater Manchester; birthplace of the Co-operative Movement (8)
14 Stanley —, former Labour MP for both Salford East and
Salford West; Minister for Social Security from 1976-79 (4)
16 Mary —, first actress to play Romana in BBC TV series Doctor Who (4) 17 Stratovolcano in the Andes, central
Ecuador (8)
20 Ancient Egyptian city; original site of two granite obelisks known as Cleopatra’s
Needles (10)
23 Walled city in Tuscany, Italy housing a 13th-century university (5)
24 1971 novel by Harold
Robbins (3,5)
25 Lee —, author of novels Persuader and One
Shot (5)
DOWN
1 UK pop duo whose top 10 singles included 1979’s Love’s Gotta Hold of Me (6)
2 2002 film thriller starring Jason Patric and Ray Liotta (4) 3 2009 family film featuring Kelsey Grammer as Mr Cranston (4)
4 National Capital Territory of the Republic of India (5)
5 1960s ITV drama series starring Patrick Mcgoohan as John Drake (6,3)
6 River rising in the Drakensberg mountains that forms the boundary between South Africa and Namibia (6)
9 Billy —, 1996-2001 Scotland footballer whose career began at Chelsea (5)
11 Johann Heinrich —, 17th-century Austrian composer whose works include collection Sonatae unarum fidium seu a violino solo (9)
13 Fifth sign of the
zodiac (3)
15 Nocturnal primate of Asia such as the Red Slender — or Bengal Slow — (5)
16 Island of French Polynesia whose largest city is
Papeete (6)
18 See 19 Down
19 and 18
Seaside resort and area of amusement parks in southern Brooklyn, New York
City (5,6)
21 River in England that flows to the Wash near King’s Lynn (4)
22 Member of an Indian religion founded in the 16th century (4)
Crossword
ACROSS
1 Passing odour (5) 7 Strap worn in a
car (4,4)
8 Of an armada (5) 10 Salon worker (10) 12 Notice and
remember (8)
14 Solely (4)
16 Touch (4)
17 Of the highest
quality (3-5)
20 Seize
arbitrarily (10)
23 Wash out (5)
24 Scalp
problem (8)
25 Phantom (5)
DOWN
1 Cold season (6)
2 Unwanted fat (4)
3 Bill of fare (4)
4 Earthenware beer mug (5)
5 Type of dynamite (9)
6 Miserly, mean (6)
9 Rental contract (5)
11 Harmony in opinion or
feeling (9)
13 The self (3)
15 Rage (5)
16 Outward appearance (6)
18 Trustworthy (6)
19 Relating to milk products (5) 21 Stupid (4)
22 Wealthy (4)