Quiz Crossword
ACROSS 1 ... Franklin, singer (6) 4 Ascend (5) 7 Senior citizens (10) 8 Snooker rods (4) 9 A play (5) 11 Brutish people (7) 13 True to type (7) 15 In the lead (5) 17 Plunder (4) 18 Digit next to the thumb (10) 20 Light beer (5) 21 Religious festival (6)
YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION
Across: - 1 Talk big. 5 Gift. 7 Kim. 8 Nutrient. 9 April. 10 Edam. 13 Raft. 14 Arch. 18 Kilo. 19 Niece. 21 Commence. 22 Top. 23 Down. 24 Selects. DOWN 1 Shrub or small tree (6) 2 Drawn matches (4) 3 Assail (7) 4 Nimbus, say (5) 5 Frozen water (3) 6 Iraqi port (5) 7 Small and delicately built (6) 10 Secure firmly in position (6) 12 Medical instrument (7) 14 Second of two (6) 15 Very bad (5) 16 Postpone (5) 17 Minus (4) 19 Small carpet (3) Down: - 1 Take away. 2 Limerick. 3 Bangle. 4 Gather. 5 Guitar. 6 Fine. 11 Majestic. 12 Attempts. 15 Hit man. 16 Counts. 17 Unwell. 20 Yo-yo.
ACROSS
1 Elisha Graves, American inventor of an elevator who died in 1861 (4) 8 Plant, Asarum europaeum, with a solitary purplish-green drooping flower (10) 9 1977 George Lucas film starring Mark Hamill and Harrison Ford (4,4) 10 Christopher, winner with Jayne Torvill of the 1984 Winter Olympic Figure skating ice dancing gold medal (4) 12 and 19 2007 Australian Open women’s singles tennis champion (6,8) 14 Karl, Best Actor in a Supporting Role Oscar winner for A Streetcar Named Desire (6) 15 and 17 Across Actor who played the title roles in the films Ivanhoe and The Adventures of Quentin Durward (6,6) 17 See 15 18 Collective noun for a flock of quails (4) 19 See 12 21 Best Actress in a Supporting Role Oscar winner for West Side Story (4,6) 22 Thomas, author of the poem The Song of the Shirt (4)
DOWN
2 Old World bird with a brown plumage and speckled wings that is associated with the song The Twelve Days Of Christmas (6,4) 3 River rising in the Vosges Mountains that flows north to the Moselle River in Germany (4) 4 Treelike plant such as Musa sapientum having hanging clusters of edible fruit (6) 5 Two-wheeled one-horse carriage with a fixed hood (6) 6 Aaron, golfer who won the 2007 FBR Open (8) 7 City in NW France that is capital of Calvados department (4) 11 1959 Wimbledon men’s singles tennis champion (4,6) 13 Popular English morality play of the early 16th Century (8) 16 The Battle of … in the Wars of the Roses in March, 1461 was the largest battle ever fought in England (6) 17 Ernst, German author of the plays Pastor Hall and Transfiguration (6) 18 Jonathan, golfer who won the 2002 Buick Challenge tournament (4) 20 City and state capital of Perak, Malaysia (4)
YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION
Across: - 7 Ament. 8 Atatürk. 9 Nigeria. 10 Stich. 12 Clemenceau. 15 Upper Volta. 18 Grock. 19 Andorra. 21 Freleng. 22 Luzon. Down: - 1 Gainsbourg. 2 Serge. 3 Stir. 4 Napalm. 5 Massenet. 6 Jupiter. 11 Haute-Marne. 13 Lorikeet. 14 Spooner. 16 Orange. 17 Crazy. 20 Dull.