Quizword & Crossword

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

QUIZWORD ACROSS

1 and 20 Down The —, 2000s BBC TV comedy series featuring Paula Wilcox and Robert Webb (7,4) 7 Brendan —, author of 1958 autobiographical novel Borstal Boy (5) 8 First Battle of —, first major engagement of the American Civil War, in July 1861 (4,3) 9 Louisa M —, author of Little Women (6) 11 and 19 Down 1959 novel by Keith Waterhouse featuring the fictional country of Ambrosia (5,4) 13 Graeme —, 2006 World Snooker Championship winner (4) 14 and 10 Down 2014 biopic starring Elijah Wood as poet John M Brinnin (3,4,2,3,5) 15 Unit of speed; one nautical mile per hour (4) 16 The —, newspaper owned by Lord Copper in 1938 Evelyn Waugh novel Scoop (5) 17 Mark —, actor who starred as Luke Skywalker in Star Wars (6) 21 The —, 1997 action film directed by and starring Kevin Costner (7) 22 John —, actor who played Mr Humphries in sitcom Are You Being Served? (5) 23 C E L —, West Indies Test cricketer who took 8-45 against England in Bridgetown in 1990 (7)

DOWN

2 African republic whose capital is Nouakchott (10) 3 2011 horror film starring Neil Maskell and Myanna Buring (4,4) 4 and 6 Russian sculptor of 1930’s Construction in a Niche (4,4) 5 and 12 2011 action film starring Hugh Jackman and Dakota Goyo (4,5) 6 See 4 Down 9 A C W —, inventor of a portable lamp used to transmit Morse code (5) 10 See 14 Across 12 See 5 Down 13 City in Overijssel, the Netherlands on the River Ijssel; an early centre of printing (8) 18 2000s US television comedy-drama series starring Tony Shalhoub in the title role (4) 19 See 11 Across 20 See 1 Across

CROSSWORD ACROSS

1 Perform surgery (7) 7 Teacher (5) 8 Hard but liable to break easily (7) 9 To be precise (4,2) 11 Wobbly dessert (5) 13 Drinks in small amounts (4) 14 Mix playing cards (7) 15 Chuck (4) 16 Freight (5) 17 Evaluate (6) 21 Disapproving and humourless (2-5) 22 Pungent (5) 23 Cost (7)

DOWN

2 Ominous, fateful (10) 3 Showing no mercy (8) 4 Roof slab (4) 5 Shove (4) 6 Unable to be found (4) 9 Stealing (5) 10 Taking place (2,8) 12 Breathing organs (5) 13 Disunite (8) 18 Cult (4) 19 Slender (4) 20 Deception (4)