Quiz Crossword
ACROSS 1 Small jelly-like sweet (7) 5 Strongbox (4) 7 And not (3) 8 Children’s game (8) 9 Dead language (5) 10 Second-hand (4) 13 Actor’s part (4) 14 Sheltered place (4) 18 Neck part (4) 19 Belonging to them (5) 21 Hawaiian dance (4-4) 22 Golf peg (3) 23 This place (4) 24 Portion of something large (7)
YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION
Across: - 1 Leftovers. 6 Ore. 8 Strong. 9 Leaps. 10 Reckon. 11 Iceberg. 13 Tobacco. 16 Rimini. 18 Gusto. 19 Acting. 21 Men. 22 Superglue. DOWN 1 Criminal underworld (8) 2 Long race (8) 3 Predominant (6) 4 Capital of the Czech Republic (6) 5 Experience pain or misery (6) 6 Idiot (4) 11 Of the home or family (8) 12 Stay of execution (8) 15 Martial art (6) 16 Subtract (6) 17 Layers (6) 20 … Law, actor (4) Down: - 1 Lit. 2 Flock. 3 Organic. 4 Evolve. 5 Solace. 7 Easy-going. 8 Stratagem. 12 Corsair. 14 Basins. 15 Crop up. 17 Motel. 20 Nee.
ACROSS
1 Elephant in stories for children by Jean de Brunhoff (5) 4 In Greek mythology, a maiden changed into a spider for having challenged Athena to a weaving contest (7) 8 Type of lettuce with very crisp pale leaves (7) 9 US racehorse that won the 1996 Dubai World Cup (5) 10 Andrzej Bartkowiak film starring Karl Urban as John Grimm that is based on a computer game (4) 11 Greek historian and biographer whose works include the Moralia (8) 13 “The …”, Carl Reiner film starring comedian Steve Martin as Navin R Johnson (4) 14 Johann Sebastian, German composer born in 1685 (4) 16 Shrub such as Lavandula vera that is the source of a fragrant oil (8) 17 Marcus Porcius, Roman statesman and writer noted for his opposition to Carthage (4) 20 1946 Charles Vidor film starring Rita Hayworth in the title role (5) 21 In grammar, a term for nouns that may denote either gender (7) 22 Hybrid produced by crossing a tangerine tree with a grapefruit tree (7) 23 Günter, winner of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature (5)
DOWN
1 2005 novel by Paul Theroux (8,5) 2 Maria, tennis player who was the 1959 US Women’s National Singles Championship winner (5) 3 Donna, actress who played Miss Ellie in the television series Dallas from 1984-85 (4) 4 See 15 5 Island in San Francisco Bay that was a federal prison until 1963 (8) 6 William, English painter and engraver whose works include the series A Rake’s Progress (7) 7 Anthony Burgess novel whose central character is Kenneth Toomey (7,6) 12 Gorge on the River Danube on the border between Romania and Serbia (4,4) 13 2004 Olympic men’s and women’s field event won by Andreas Thorkildsen and Osleidys Menéndez respectively (7) 15 and 4 Down Neil Jordan film starring Robert De Niro and Sean Penn (4,2,6) 18 Gezahegne, 2000 Olympic men’s marathon champion (5) 19 Scottish island of the Inner Hebrides SE of Rhum (4)
YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION
Across: - 3 Donizetti. 8 Laud. Down: - 1 Old Ladies. 2 Kubla 9 Lovecraft. 10 Lillee. 11 Batik. Khan. 4 Oboe. 5 Ikeda. 6 Earwig. 14 Dokic. 15 Gigi. 16 Earth. 18 Elam. 7 Taft. 9 Lecce. 11 Borge. 20 Ombre. 21 Noble. 24 Seurat. 12 Kimberley. 13 Limestone. 25 Lithuania. 26 Benn. 27 Notre 17 Hosea. 19 Mother. 22 Léaud. Dame. 23 Filo. 24 Siam.