Quiz Crossword
ACROSS 1 Plant (10) 6 Tail of a dart (6) 7 Holy book (5) 9 Card game (6) 10 Look at carefully (3) 11 Conservative (4) 14 Attractively thin (4) 15 Fasten or bind (3) 16 A continent (6) 17 Slightly damp or wet (5) 18 House of God (6) 20 Quarrelsome or belligerent (10) DOWN 1 Nothing (3) 2 Excessively sweet (6) 3 Messy or disorderly (6) 4 Pill (6) 5 Brolly (8) 6 Man-of-allwork (8) 8 Always (8) 9 Refinement (8) 12 Boy’s title (6) 13 Slatted wooden cases (6) 14 Large prawns (6) 19 Sheltered side or part (3) 1 Capital of Haiti (4-2-6) 7 The largest French-speaking city in Belgium (5) 8 Hard-wearing twill-weave cotton cloth that is used for uniforms (5) 9 Ernie, golfer who won the 2004 World Match Play Championship (3) 10 Nicolas Roeg film starring Jenny Agutter (9) 11 and 19 Steven Brill film starring Adam Sandler and Patricia Arquette (6,5) 12 Standard monetary unit of Russia (6) 15 2003 novel by Brian Keene (3,6) 17 Stephen, Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for The Crying Game (3) 18 Hammond, author of the novel Campbell’s Kingdom (5) 19 See 11 21 Actor whose film roles included Lt. John Chard in Zulu (7,5) 1 In the geologic timescale, the period also called the Old Stone Age (12) 2 In tennis, a serve that the receiver is unable to reach (3) 3 Spanish dish made from rice, shellfish, chicken and vegetables (6) 4 Marguerite Duras stage play featuring the character AnneMarie Stretter (5,4) 5 Capital of Egypt (5) 6 Actress whose film roles include Dina Byrnes in Meet the Parents (6,6) 7 Franz, Hungarian composer of the 1861 symphony Faust (5) 10 Jonny, England rugby union player who scored the winning drop goal in the 2003 World Cup Final (9) 13 Alan Parker film starring Matthew Modine in the title role (5) 14 Department of France whose capital is Poitiers (6) 16 Max, artist whose works include 1940’s Attirement of the Bride (5) 20 A male swan (3)
YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION
Across: - 4 Scabies. 8 Truman. 9 Satsuma. 10 LeWitt. 11 Island. 12 Nishapur. 18 Sisyphus. 20 George. 21 Planck. 22 Bushido. 23 Mopsus. 24 Hammond. Down: - 1 Athlone. 2 Pugwash. 3 Martha. 5 Chakiris. 6 Basalt. 7 Egmont. 13 Poseidon. 14 The Nose. 15 Oshkosh. 16 Beluga. 17 Graham. 19 Yellow.