Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword ACROSS
6 Sauce made from sugar and vinegar or lemon popular in Chinese cookery (5-3-4) 8 John —, Londonborn bookseller noted for his volumes of Peerage & Baronetage (7) 9 George —, English naval commander who completed a circumnavigation of the globe in 1744 (5) 10 See 14 Down 12 — Castle, 15thcentury building on the south of the Firth of Forth northwest of Edinburgh Airport (6) 14 Toni —, Spanish Motogp rider; winner of the 2006 Portuguese GP (5) 15 Strong alcoholic spirit distilled from grape wine (6) 16 Ship in which Jason went in search of the Golden Fleece (4) 19 Island in the Ionian Sea forming part of a regional unit of Greece (5) 21 1987 film comedy starring Dan Aykroyd and Tom Hanks (7) 22 Haile —, 2006 Berlin Marathon men’s race winner (12)
DOWN
1 Ahmed —, first president of Algeria (3,5) 2 Merlene —, 1990 Commonwealth women’s 100m and 200m gold medallist (5) 3 Angolan political movement co-founded by Antonio da Costa Fernandes and Jonas Savimbi in 1966 (5) 4 Lord and assistant to Angelo in William Shakespeare play Measure for Measure (7) 5 Martin —, 2001 World Championships high jump gold medallist (4) 6 New Zealand bird such as the North Island — or South Island — (10) 7 and 13 1970 film thriller starring Pamela Franklin and Michele Dotrice (3,4,3,8) 11 The —, 1986 horror film starring Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis (3) 12 and 20 Golfer who captained the 1957 British PGA Ryder Cup-winning team (3,4) 13 See 7 Down 14 and 10 Across French viola player; composer of opera Le Roi d’ys (7,4) 17 Mammary gland of
female cattle (5) 18 Rafael —, 2022 Australian Open singles tennis champion (5) 20 See 12 Down
Crossword ACROSS
6 Incoherent (12) 8 Steel hand tool (7)
9 Furniture item (5) 10 Govern (4) 12 Protection for the
head (6) 14 Turret (5) 15 Usual or habitual
practice (6) 16 Edible crustacean (4) 19 Greek letter (5) 21 Assumed identity or
character (7) 22 Most important
position (5,2,5)
DOWN
1 Handcuffs (8) 2 Feat of daring (5) 3 Group of 20 (5) 4 Large flat dish (7) 5 Injure with a knife (4) 6 Teacher (10) 7 Any animal with a backbone (10) 11 Male cat (3) 12 Folded fabric edge (3) 13 Herb (8) 14 In the direction of (7) 17 Cutlery item (5) 18 Maths chart (5) 20 Deserve (4)