Quizword & Crossword

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

QUIZWORD ACROSS

1 Russian fur cap with ear flaps (7) 7 and 22 2009 stage opera by Rufus Wainwright (5,5) 8 Peggy —, Welsh actress who played Joanna Harrington in 1957 horror film Night of the Demon (7) 9 and 4 Down 1983 film comedy thriller starring John Travolta and Olivia Newtonjohn (3,2,1,4) 11 and 20 Down US film actress nicknamed The Vamp who died in 1955 (5,4) 13 Ancient Greek stringed instrument made of a resonating tortoise shell (4) 14 River in Peru that joins the Maranon River near the town of Nauta (7) 15 Bulge or weight inside one side of a bowl in the game of bowls (4) 16 Playing card also called a jack (5) 17 and 10 Down First of the Palliser novels by Anthony Trollope published in serial form in 1864 and 1865 (3,3,7,3) 21 Vegetable extract obtained from several species of acacia tree used in medicine, tanning and dyeing (7) 22 See 7 Across 23 Official report of the proceedings of the British Parliament (7)

DOWN

2 — Sea, that arm of the Pacific Ocean separating Vietnam from the Philippines (5,5) 3 1707 novel by Alain-rene Lesage subtitled The Devil on Two Sticks (8) 4 See 9 Across 5 Bow of a vessel (4) 6 Slight elevation where the malleus attaches to the eardrum (4) 9 Kenneth —, English theatre critic and writer who died in 1980 (5) 10 See 17 Across 12 Group of some 500 languages of Africa including Shona and Xhosa (5) 13 Carolus —, 18thcentury Swedish botanist who originated the modern scientific classification of plants and animals (8) 18 Erki —, 2000 Olympic decathlon gold medallist (4) 19 Department of NW France; capital Alencon (4) 20 See 11 Across

CROSSWORD ACROSS

1 Unoccupied position or job (7) 7 All-night watch (5) 8 Walk as if about to fall (7) 9 Beat soundly (6) 11 Evidence (5) 13 Offensively impolite (4) 14 TV aerial (7) 15 Girl (4) 16 Jeans fabric (5) 17 Money given for information (6) 21 Damaged goods (7) 22 Vital fluid (5) 23 Conclusion (7)

DOWN

2 Man’s scented lotion (10) 3 Virtually, practically (2,4,2) 4 Hotel cook (4) 5 Food popular with chips (4) 6 Prima donna (4) 9 Fashion (5) 10 Rattlesnake type (10) 12 Rise to an upright position (5) 13 Famished (8) 18 Source of water (4) 19 Top of a building (4) 20 Chop down (4)