Quizword & Crossword

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

Quizword

ACROSS

3 and 16 Henrik

Ibsen stage play first performed in 1893 (3,6,7) 8 Colourless double sulphate of aluminium and potassium used in dressing leather (4) 9 County of the Republic of Ireland whose settlements include Drumlish, Moydow and Granard (8) 10 Ambrose —, US poet and satirist who disappeared in Mexico in 1913 (6) 13 Mel —, US actor who voiced cartoon characters Daffy Duck and Porky Pig (5)

14 and 24 2010 novel by John le Carre (3,4,2,7) 15 Isthmus of —, narrow neck of the Malay Peninsula between the Gulf of Thailand and

Bay of Bengal (3)

16 See 3 Across

17 State capital of Oregon, US (5)

21 See 2 Down 22 City in Vojvodina, Serbia, near the border with Hungary (8)

23 Capital of

Azerbaijan (4)

24 See 14 Across DOWN 1 2000 romcom starring Hugh Laurie and

Joely Richardson (5,4)

2 and 21 Across

1964 spy novel by

Len Deighton (7,2,6) 4 Jack —, actor who played The Tin Man in 1939 film fantasy

The Wizard of Oz (5) 5 Capital of Nicaragua (7) 6 Member of a Muslim mystical order whose name derives from the phrase ‘one who wears wool’ (4) 7 Richard —, director of films Iris and

Notes on a Scandal (4) 11 1959 novel by Keith Waterhouse featuring the fictional country of Ambrosia (5,4)

12 1947 film thriller starring

James Mason and Robert Newton (3,3,3) 14 Phil —, rugby union prop; 1976 Ireland

Test debutant against France (3) 15 Northampton Saints rugby union wing; 2012 Samoa Test debutant against Tonga (3,4) 18 Beno —, Bath Rugby prop; cousin of England lock Maro Itoje (5) 19 Medium-sized wading bird with a small head whose female is called a reeve (4)

20 Uncastrated

male pig (4)

Crossword ACROSS

3 Female dancer (9) 8 Press clothes (4) 9 Lacking knowledge or awareness (8) 10 Handsome youth (6) 13 Anaesthetic (5) 14 Accept as true (7) 15 Piece of luggage (3) 16 Gang dispute over territory (4,3) 17 Chambermaid’s workplace (5)

21 Ablaze (2,4)

22 Brawny (8)

23 Scottish valley (4)

24 Cleansing agent (9)

DOWN

1 Roll of tobacco (9) 2 Short-sleeved garment (4,5)

4 Stupid (5)

5 Fielding position in cricket (4,3)

6 Lightly cooked (4)

7 Not any (4)

11 Without doubt (9)

12 Health and happiness (9) 14 Exclude (3)

15 Arrears of work (7)

18 Holy book of Islam (5) 19 Wearing no clothes (4)

20 Nagging pain (4)