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Quizword & Crossword

Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.

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Quizword ACROSS

6 and 10 2010 crime drama film starring Russell

Crowe and Elizabeth Banks (3,4,5,4) 8 Abdullah —, South African pianist and composer also known as Dollar Brand (7)

9 Old World coniferous tree with evergreen needle-like leaves (5)

10 See 6 Across

12 Type of fastening invented by

Georges de Mestral in 1948 (6)

14 Port in Asturias,

Spain, on the

Bay of Biscay (5)

15 God in Greek mythology, personific­ation of the sun (6)

16 Port and capital of Schleswig-holstein, Germany (4)

19 Type of lyric poem composed of couplets in which a long line is followed by a shorter one (5) 21 Man-monster in William Shakespear­e play The Tempest (7)

22 Author of novels Metroland and England, England (6,6)

DOWN

1 1978 stage play by Harold Pinter (8) 2 Geet —, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1998 and 2006 winner of the WPBSA World Billiards Championsh­ip (5) 3 Any of the three upright wooden sticks used in cricket to form part of a wicket (5)

4 Domestic fowl kept for its eggs or meat (7)

5 Chemical element; symbol Pb (4)

6 The —, 2002 romcom starring

Luke Wilson and Denise Richards (5,5) 7 and 20 1995 film drama starring Richard Dreyfuss and Glenne Headly (2,8,4) 11 1999 memoir by Frank Mccourt (3) 12 Hubert —,

Dutch painter whose works include a 1905 portrait of Empress Dowager Cixi (3) 13 Bernard —, comic actor who narrated 1970s BBC TV series The Wombles (8) 14 Eldest daughter of King Lear in the William Shakespear­e play of that name (7) 17 Ancient British tribe that rebelled against the Romans under Queen Boudicca (5) 18 Edward —, composer of 1900 oratorio The Dream of Gerontius (5)

20 See 7 Down

Crossword ACROSS

6 Product for masking unpleasant odours (3,9) 8 Sweet sauce (7)

9 Find the sum of (3,2) 10 Ditch surroundin­g a castle (4)

12 Teeth for grinding food (6)

14 Fruit type (5)

15 Lend an ear (6)

16 Couple (4)

19 Melodies (5)

21 Upper garment (4,3) 22 Prolonged refusal to eat (6,6)

DOWN

1 Intrude on private land (8)

2 Staff of life (5)

3 Stage whisper (5) 4 Figure with six sides (7) 5 Deceased (4)

6 Amass (10)

7 Punctuatio­n mark (10)

11 Female swan (3) 12 Disorderly or violent crowd (3) 13 Slaughterh­ouse (8) 14 Communicat­ion sent (7)

17 Get a goal (5)

18 Major artery (5) 20 Naming word (4)

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