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Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
QUIZWORD CLUES ACROSS
1 Seabird of the gannet family such as the red-footed — or blue-footed — (5)
4 and 2 Down 1978 Australian Open women’s singles tennis championship winner (5,5) 10 Patrick —, US actor who played George Bissinger in 1973 film drama The Way We Were (5) 11 SI unit of electric charge (7) 12 1981 film drama starring Jane Fonda and Kris Kristofferson (8) 13 and 22 Down WBA Light Welterweight champion from 2009-11 (4,4) 15 Sue —, presenter of BBC Radio show Desert Island Discs from 1988-2006 (6) 17 Mediterranean seaside resort in S Turkey housing a medieval castle (6) 19 Island in Indonesia; capital Denpasar (4) 20 Brass instrument with a U-shaped slide (8) 23 Portico at the west end of a basilica or church, especially one at right angles to the nave (7) 24 Seaside resort in Highland, Scotland, northeast of Cawdor Castle (5) 25 Another name for a catkin (5) 26 Neil —, English golfer; 1977 Tournament Players Championship winner (5)
DOWN
2 See 4 Across 3 Derbyshire town whose 12th-century castle was rebuilt in the 17th century (8) 5 Period of sixty minutes (4) 6 2008 action film starring Robert Downey Jr as Tony Stark (4,3) 7 — Observatory, University of Manchester site in Cheshire established in 1945 by Dr Bernard Lovell (7,4) 8 Piece of music composed for eight singers (5) 9 Market town in Monmouthshire, Wales, on the north bank of the River Usk housing an 11th-century castle (11) 14 Large wading bird with a pink and red plumage and downward-bent bill (8) 16 Another name for the element tungsten (7) 18 Bettino —, prime minister of Italy from 1983-87 (5) 21 Evergreen tree of the Mediterranean with edible shiny black fruits (5) 22 See 13 Across
CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS
1 Counterfoils (5) 4 Exploratory spacecraft (5) 10 Excessively fat or fleshy (5) 11 Conflagration (7) 12 Long race (8) 13 Stiff paper (4) 15 Small shallow dish (6) 17 Trumpet-like instrument (6) 19 Hard confectionery (4) 20 Spike heel (8) 23 Playhouse (7) 24 Cost (5) 25 Stumbles (5) 26 Profundity (5)
DOWN
2 Belonging to them (5) 3 Short pause for rest (8) 5 Prevalent (4) 6 Excellent buy (7) 7 Express sympathy or pity (11) 8 Bereaved spouse (5) 9 Hair product (11) 14 Fall in (8) 16 Obscure, uncertain (7) 18 Anaesthetic (5) 21 Tarnish (5) 22 Halt (4)