Quizword & Crossword

QUIZWORD CLUES ACROSS

3 1991 adventure film starring Patrick Bergin and Uma Thurman (5,4) 8 Donna —, author of 2012 novel The Jewels of Paradise (4) 9 and 5 Down Archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean whose capital is Stanley (8,7) 10 Swelling in the neck due to enlargement of the thyroid gland (6) 13 Richard —, English seaman and tobacco trader who took control of Maryland, North America in 1645 (5) 14 and 22 Scottish artist whose works include 1989 sculpture Master of the Universe (7,8) 15 Nicolas —, rugby union prop; 2003 France Test debutant against New Zealand (3) 16 Jean — de Servieres, Treasurer-general of France and bibliophile known for his love of decorative bookbindings (7) 17 1979 sci-fi film starring Tom Skerritt and Sigourney Weaver (5) 21 Edgar —, director of films Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and The World’s End (6) 22 See 14 Across 23 Bird such as the common — also called the Great Northern diver (4) 24 Port in Devon overlooked by the Britannia Royal Naval College (9)

DOWN

1 1989 film drama starring Jane Fonda and Gregory Peck (3,6) 2 Chris —, British mountaineer; author of 1966 book I Chose To Climb (9) 4 1647 opera by Luigi Rossi (5) 5 See 9 Across 6 The —, 2009 novel by Kathryn Stockett (4) 7 Department of NW France; capital Alencon (4) 11 — National Cemetery, resting place in Virginia of US presidents William Howard Taft and John F Kennedy (9) 12 The —, 1868 novel by Wilkie Collins (9) 14 Part of a cereal plant containing the seeds (3) 15 — da Forli, 15th-century Italian Renaissance painter whose works include fresco Sixtus IV Appointing Platina as Prefect of the Vatican Library (7) 18 Jonathan —, author of A Tale of a Tub and A Modest Proposal (5) 19 Lake —, largest natural lake in Wales (4) 20 In music, the sign that, when placed before a note, lowers it in pitch by a semitone (4)

CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS

3 Morning meal (9) 8 Difficult (4) 9 Favouritism to relatives (8) 10 Concluding part (6) 13 Hibernian (5) 14 Small jelly-like sweet (7) 15 Peace movement (1,1,1) 16 Large French country house or castle (7) 17 Of the moon (5) 21 Creed (6) 22 Easily bent (8) 23 Unfasten (4) 24 Not obstructed or hindered (9)

DOWN

1 Songbird (9) 2 Main (9) 4 Take up again (5) 5 Clap (7) 6 Destiny (4) 7 Passable, middling (2-2) 11 Of short duration (9) 12 Besides (5,4) 14 Wildebeest (3) 15 Diameter of a bullet (7) 18 Excessively fat or fleshy (5) 19 Scheme (4) 20 Academic test (4)