Quiz Crossword
1 Made familiar with (4, 2) 2 Former name of Iran (6) 3 Bewail (6) 4 Conditions (5) 5 Support (7) 6 Component (7) 11 Nunnery (7) 12 Avian disease (4, 3) 13 Summerhouse (6) 14 To leave (6) 15 By far (6) 17 Walk pompously (5) Across: - 1 Tape recorder. 9 Parka. 10 Spectacle. 11 Extradite. 12 Knave. 14 Deckhand. 15 Enlist. 17 Strife. 19 Talented. 23 Avian. 24 Insinuate. 26 Abounding. 27 Booze. 28 Make ends meet. Down: - 1 Tarot. 2 Pharaoh. 3 Russians. 4 Clever. 5 Retaken. 6 Eucharist. 7 Spread. 8 Cement. 14 Carcinoma. 16 Marsh gas. 17 Shaman. 18 Finance. 20 Ennoble. 21 Diesel. 22 Titian. 25 Abort. ACROSS 1 See 14 Down 7 Family of Italian violin makers active in Cremona in the 16th and 17th Centuries (5) 8 Plant whose leafstalks are cooked, sweetened and eaten as a dessert (7) 10 “The ... ... ”, 1908 novel by Jack London (4,4) 11 God of thunder in Norse mythology (4) 13 Tall fast-growing grass whose stem is used for building and furniture (6) 15 Capital of Poland (6) 17 and 16 Down Oliver Stone film featuring Michael Douglas as Gordon Gekko (4,6) 18 Legendary continent said to have sunk beneath the ocean west of the Straits of Gibraltar (8) 21 A term used in grammar for nouns that may denote either gender (7) 22 and 23 Roger Kumble film starring Sarah Michelle Gellar as Kathryn Merteuil (5,10) 23 See 22 DOWN 1 7th Century B.C. Athenian statesman whose code of laws prescribed death for almost all offences (5) 2 Kenneth, English composer of the 1961 work Crucifixus Pro Nobis (8) 3 Son of Barzillai in the Bible who married Merab, daughter of Saul (6) 4 L Frank, author of the book The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz (4) 5 Garry Marshall film starring Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey (7) 6 Singer-actor whose film roles include Thomas Jerome Newton in The Man Who Fell to Earth (5,5) 9 Harrison, composer of the operas The Second Mrs Kong and Punch and Judy (10) 12 15th Century Italian painter whose works include Saints Jerome and John the Baptist (8) 14 and 1 Across Best Picture Oscar winner that starred Clint Eastwood as Frankie Dunn (7,6,4) 16 See 17 Across 19 Town in central France on the River Loire housing a Gothic cathedral (5) 20 Richard, actor who played the title role in the films Sommersby and Mr. Jones (4) Across: 6 Haunted. 7 Midas. 9 All. 10 James Earl. 12 Val McDermid. 15 Neat In Black. 17 Stockings. 19 Man. 21 Jones. 22 Praying. Down: - 1 Balla. 2 Gnu. 3 Jena. 4 Riven Rock. 5 Bahrain. 8 Mendel. 11 Nantucket. 13 Mantis. 14 Neutron. 16 Manna. 18 Garr. 20 Pym. The Squires of the Landscape: “Set in 1942 in a post-apocalyptic world, the film follows the journey of a young man who falls in love with a sexy couple who have started to fall in love. As they fall in love, they learn that they are not alone in their own way. The film follows the two groups of people who reconnect with the world and their relationship and the secrets they live.”
A post-apocalyptic love triangle featuring big secrets, set during World War II – what’s not to like? Any day now, Hulu and Netflix will start bidding for an eight-part miniseries. I’ll watch. – Washington Post