Quizword & Crossword

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

Quizword ACROSS

1 Clifford —, author of the stage plays Waiting for Lefty and Clash by Night (5)

4 See 9 Down

10 Brad —, golfer who won the 2005 Buick Championship (5)

11 Whiskey distilled from maize, malt and rye and aged in white oak barrels (7)

12 See 14 Down

13 Dark long-necked bird similar to the cormorant (4)

15 Standard currency

of Angola (6)

17 Edible European mushroom with a bluish stalk (6)

19 Marcelo —, 1998 Australian Open singles tennis championship runner-up (4)

20 John —, actor who played Fred Elliott in ITV soap Coronation Street from 1994-2006 (8)

23 Green mineral common in metamorphic rocks (7)

24 See 25 Across 25 and 24

2000 novel by

Zadie Smith (5,5)

26 1983 film drama directed by and starring Barbra Streisand (5)

DOWN and 7

2

BBC TV drama series starring Jack Warner in the title role which ran from

1955-76 (5,2,4,5)

3 Slovenian alpine skier; 2014 Olympics women’s giant slalom and downhill gold medallist (4,4)

5 Small tree with

edible oval fruit (4)

6 Chris —, former Harlequins and England rugby union captain born in 1986 (7)

7 See 2 Down

8 Tropical tree whose dark hard wood is used for cabinet work (5)

9 and 4 Across

1935 comedy film starring the Marx Brothers (1,5,2,3,5)

14 and 12 Across

2008 novel by

Anne Fine (3,2,3,8)

16 Jean —, French author of the stage plays Antigone and

Becket (7)

18 Horatio —, Britishborn US general defeated at the Battle of Camden in 1780 (5)

21 Chris —, 1975-78 US Open women’s singles tennis champion (5)

22 SI unit of electromotive force (4)

Crossword ACROSS

1 Fortunate (5)

4 Range (5)

10 Excessively fat or fleshy (5)

11 Inflatable rubber bag (7)

12 Worker (8)

13 Brave man (4)

15 Somewhat (6)

17 Prohibit (6)

19 Not any (4)

20 Man-eating human (8)

23 Spear with three prongs (7)

24 Surpass in performance (5)

25 Trap (5)

26 Incorrect (5)

DOWN

2 Exhaust (resources) (3,2)

3 Capsize (4,4)

5 Prison room (4)

6 Short saying (7)

7 Fruit (11)

8 Monastery (5)

9 Showing no passion (2,4,5)

14 Heavy fall of rain (8)

16 Stress (7)

18 Squander (5)

21 Truncheon (5)

22 Perceive sounds (4)