Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
QUIZWORD CLUES ACROSS
1 See 6 Down 4 Dougray —, actor who played Thomas Jericho in 2001 film drama Enigma (5) 10 Sergio —, director of 1984 film drama Once Upon a Time in America (5) 11 African republic; capital Bujumbura (7) 12 and 5 Down 2003 film comedy starring Eddie Murphy and Jeff Garlin (5,3,4) 13 Nigel —, 1992-96 WBC Super Middleweight champion (4) 15 John —, director of films Saturday Night Fever, WarGames and Short Circuit (6) 17 Setting of seven fantasy novels by C S Lewis published in the 1950s (6) 19 Nicolas —, director of films Two Deaths, Bad Timing and Track 29 (4) 20 In Ancient Greece, a sacrifice to the gods of 100 oxen (8) 23 Anatomical term for the back of the head (7) 24 The —, 1996 film drama starring Robin Tunney and Fairuza Balk (5) 25 DW —, South Africa Test cricketer who took 7-51 against India at Nagpur in 2010 (5) 26 Classical order of architecture characterised by a column with a fluted shaft (5)
DOWN
2 The —, 1979 horror film starring Oliver Reed and Samantha Eggar (5) 3 2006 novel by Philip Roth (8) 5 See 12 Across 6 and 1 Across 12th-century home of Cistercian monks in Monmouthshire, Wales (7,5) 7 Bank-robber partner of Bonnie Parker shot and killed in 1934 (5,6) 8 German submarine in World Wars I and II (1-4) 9 Labour MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington re-elected in 2015 (5,6) 14 15th-century Italian painter whose works include saints Jerome and John the Baptist (8) 16 Military village in Surrey Heath, Surrey; home of the Princess Royal Barracks (7) 18 Fourth letter in the Greek alphabet (5) 21 Mammal of forests of central Africa with a reddish-brown coat (5) 22 River in Scotland that flows through the Grampian Mountains to the Moray Firth (4)
CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS
1 Search into closely (5) 4 Play for time (5) 10 Period of darkness (5) 11 Six-sided figure (7) 12 Each person (8) 13 Ballerina’s skirt (4) 15 Drawing implement (6) 17 Put aside or postpone (6) 19 Warm and snug (4) 20 Snake type (8) 23 Perform surgery (7) 24 Egg’s outer covering (5) 25 Menacing, violent behaviour (5) 26 Precipitous (5)
DOWN
2 Rascal (5) 3 Gradually (3,2,3) 5 Written words (4) 6 Practical joke (3-4) 7 With reference to (2,7,2) 8 Glossy or polished (5) 9 So many as to be uncountable (11) 14 Stocky in build (8) 16 Savings (4,3) 18 Directly below (5) 21 Sister’s daughter (5) 22 Couple (4)