Quizword & Crossword

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

Quizword

ACROSS

6 1988 film drama starring Gena

Rowlands and

Mia Farrow (7,5)

8 and 4 Down 2010 novel by Allison Pearson (1,5,1,4,3)

9 Small town in Flintshire, Wales, noted for its 13th-century ruined castle (5)

10 and 21 1934 children’s book by P L Travers (4,7)

12 Karl —, Vienna-born philosopher whose published works include 1957’s

The Poverty of Historicism (6)

14 City in southeast Nigeria; capital of the secessionist Republic of Biafra (5) 15 Ancient city on the west coast of

Asia Minor now

Izmir, Turkey (6)

16 Former name of Thailand (4)

19 Small fawn-coloured antelope of African grasslands and bush south of the Sahara (5)

21 See 10 Across

22 1941 film starring comedy team Olsen and Johnson (12)

DOWN

1 Jack —, Scottish actor and writer; cast member of Channel 4 comedy series Absolutely (8) 2 People’s Republic of —, Asian country; capital Beijing (5)

3 Poisonous snake such as the banded — or common — (5) 4 See 8 Across

5 Ancient region of Western Europe (4) 6 Pakistan Test cricketer who took 5-111 against England in Birmingham in 1971 (4,6)

7 Lawyer creation of

Erle Stanley Gardner who first appeared in 1933 novel The Case of the Velvet Claws (5,5) 11 Main constituent of chromosomes; carrier of genetic information (1,1,1) 12 — Championship, golf major won by Brooks Koepka in 2018 (1,1,1)

13 Ancient Greek city conquered by the Macedonians, whose ruins lie near the port of Kavala (8) 14 London Borough of —, district including Palmers Green, Edmonton and Ponders End (7) 17 European —, small marine food fish also called a brisling (5) 18 Short fringe on the fairway leading onto a golf green (5) 20 Species of wild mountain goat of Asia, Europe and North Africa (4)

Crossword

ACROSS

6 Minor wrongdoing (12) 8 Closest (7)

9 Mistake (5)

10 Sit for an artist (4) 12 Double-cross (6) 14 Unfashionable (5) 15 Surgeon’s knife (6) 16 Second Greek letter (4) 19 Forbidden (5) 21 Printed sheet of paper (7)

22 Thing that brings

in a profit (5-7)

DOWN

1 Hit man (8)

2 Not even once (5) 3 Grim Reaper (5)

4 Went in (7)

5 Cat sound (4)

6 Deal with skilfully (10) 7 Intelligence (4,6) 11 Corpulence (3) 12 Furniture for sleeping on (3)

13 Dry white wine (8)

14 Relegates (7)

17 Explosion (5)

18 Fanatical (5)

20 Make a reservation (4)