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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

1 1984 sci-fi film starring Jeff Bridges in the title role (7) 7 and 17 The —, 2009 volume of short stories by Peter Robinson (5,2,4) 8 Wind instrument resembling a snake in shape (7) 9 and 23 Great mountainou­s plateau in southern France whose peaks include Puy de Sancy (6,7) 11 1999 film thriller starring Jamie Lee Curtis and William Baldwin (5) 13 See 20 Down 14 Edmund —, poet who authored 1594 work Epithalami­on (7) 15 Clarified butter used in Indian cookery (4) 16 David —, playwright whose stage works include Maydays and Pentecost (5) 17 See 7 Across 21 Cathedral city in Haute-vienne, central France famous for its ceramics industry (7) 22 See 2 Down 23 See 9 Across

DOWN

2 and 22 Across 2003 novel by Sarah Dunant (3,5,2,5) 3 Technique of hammering a design from the underside of a thin piece of metal (8) 4 Queen of Great Britain and Ireland from 1702-14 (4) 5 Multihull sailing vessel of the South Pacific (4) 6 Fifth book of the New Testament (4) 9 Hand-held device in computing for controllin­g cursor movement (5) 10 1951 John Van Druten stage play based on The Berlin Stories by Christophe­r Isherwood (1,2,1,6) 12 Clown in William Shakespear­e play Twelfth Night (5) 13 Resort town in West Dorset east of Lyme Regis (8) 18 Plant related to the onion; a national emblem of Wales (4) 19 Swiss canton; capital Lausanne (4) 20 and 13 Across 1990 novel by Jonathan Kellerman (4,4)

CROSSWORD ACROSS

1 Having a fast beat (2-5) 7 Not ever (5) 8 Nunnery (7) 9 Structure for crossing a river (6) 11 Broil (5) 13 Metal money (4) 14 Before (5,2) 15 Eyelid swelling (4) 16 Following in time (5) 17 Neckwear item (6) 21 Temporal (7) 22 Baa (5) 23 Tearfully sentimenta­l (7)

DOWN

2 Instrument for measuring angles (10) 3 Stationery item (8) 4 Small horse (4) 5 German man (4) 6 Plant ovule (4) 9 Man’s facial hair (5) 10 Fashionabl­e celebritie­s (10) 12 Finger or toe (5) 13 Bewilder (8) 18 Wheel spindle (4) 19 One from Oman, eg (4) 20 Second Greek letter (4)

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