Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
QUIZWORD CLUES ACROSS
6 Labour MP for Huyton from 1950-83; prime minister from 1964-70 and 1974-76 (6,6) 8 Rick —, author of novel series Percy Jackson & the Olympians (7) 9 Band of fibrous tissue connecting muscle to bone (5) 10 Basic gymnastics exercise involving a complete rotation of the body executed on the ground (4) 12 City in northwest Poland on the Warta River (6) 14 Lancashire town whose Britannia Coconut Dancers perform annually on Easter Saturday (5) 15 Trojan prince and son of Aphrodite in classical mythology who escaped the sack of Troy (6) 16 River in Scotland that flows through the Grampian Mountains to the Moray Firth (4) 19 Muse of love poetry in Greek mythology (5) 21 Municipality in Brazil facing the city of Rio de Janeiro across Guanabara Bay (7) 22 Largest city of Guadeloupe, on Grand-terre (6-1-5)
DOWN
1 Borough of New York City; westernmost county on Long Island (8) 2 River in Scotland that flows through Glasgow (5) 3 G P —, England Test cricketer who took 5-57 against West Indies in St John’s, Antigua, in 2009 (5) 4 Market town in Derbyshire northwest of Kinder Scout at the foot of the Pennines (7)
5 and 17 Devon-born sculptor whose works include the Bridgwater War Memorial (4,5) 6 James —, 18th-century English weaver credited with the invention of the spinning jenny (10) 7 Number represented by symbols XXIX in Roman numerals (6-4) 11 2012 winner of the Oaks ridden by Seamie Heffernan (3) 12 Small compact breed of dog also called a carlin (3) 13 Variety of the mineral actinolite; one of two minerals called jade (8) 14 Seaport in Pyrenees-atlantiques, southwest France, at the confluence of the Adour and Nive rivers (7) 17 See 5 Down 18 Dome-shaped Buddhist shrine such as the Phra Pathommachedi in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand (5) 20 Old Testament Hebrew prophet of the 8th century BC (4)
CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS
6 Puma (8,4) 8 Return of ill health (7) 9 Last Greek letter (5) 10 Plant type (4) 12 Draped skirtlike garment (6) 14 Not intended seriously (2,3) 15 Gift by will (6) 16 Chime (4) 19 Long lorry, informally (5) 21 Cul-de-sac (4,3) 22 Worldwide traveller (12)
DOWN
1 Distant from the main area (8) 2 Paces (5) 3 Colliery worker (5) 4 Loser in a race or contest (4-3) 5 Curved roof (4) 6 Military government (7,3) 7 Unpowered aircraft (4-6) 11 Whichever (3) 12 Star (3) 13 Egg-based dish (8) 14 Small frozen block (3,4) 17 Revises (5) 18 Shaving implement (5) 20 Of more than average height (4)