Quizword & Crossword

Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.

ACROSS

6 Alan —, author of novels The Sparsholt Affair and The Stranger’s Child (12) 8 In music, a rapid regular

fluctuation in pitch (7) 9 See 11 Down 10 Amanda —, actress who starred as Anne Elliot in 1995 BBC TV film drama Persuasion (4) 12 One of a number of astronomical bodies thought to be the most luminous objects in the universe (6) 14 Rodney —, comic actor who played Bob Ferris in BBC TV sitcom The Likely Lads (5) 15 Series of prayers in the Roman Catholic Church counted on a string of beads (6) 16 African republic;

capital Ndjamena (4) 19 Head of a gang of thieves in Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist (5) 21 and 22 2007 PDC World Darts Championship winner (7,3,9) 22 See 21 Across

DOWN

1 The —, 1978 John Byrne

stage play (4,4) 2 Town in Greater Manchester housing the monument Mab’s Cross (5) 3 Biblical king of Moab killed by Ehud in Judges 3 (5) 4 Positively charged dense region at the centre of an atom (7) 5 Noble family of Italy that governed Modena and Reggio from the 13th to the 18th century (4) 6 Form of transport successfully developed by Sir Christopher Cockerell (10) 7 1980s BBC TV sitcom starring George Cole in the title role as Reg Dudgeon (7,3) 11 and 9 Across Cardiff Blues and Samoa rugby union centre (3,3-2) 12 2001 Peter Parnell stage play about Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman (1,1,1) 13 Large glass

for sherry (8) 14 Municipality on the east coast of the island of Zealand, Denmark, west of Copenhagen (7) 17 James —, actor who played the title role in US television Western series The Virginian (5) 18 William —, Best Director Oscar winner for Ben-hur, The Best Years of Our Lives and Mrs Miniver (5) 20 Pacific island;

capital Hagatna (4)