Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
QUIZWORD CLUES ACROSS
1 Town in the Rocky Mountains in Alberta, Canada surrounded by the — National Park (5) 4 Brendan —, actor who played John Bates in ITV drama series Downton Abbey (5) 10 Ancient region on the coast of W Asia Minor (5) 11 Gulf of —, inlet of the Ionian Sea between the Peloponnese and central Greece (7) 12 1993 novel by Danielle Steel (8) 13 Large predatory feline mammal of Africa and India (4) 15 Standard monetary unit of Indonesia (6) 17 Commune in Calvados, France associated with a famous tapestry (6) 19 Charles —, American modernist composer of the four movement A Symphony: New England Holidays (4) 20 Tony —, actor who played the title role in US television series Monk (8) 23 Stieg —, Swedish author of the Millennium crime novel trilogy (7) 24 Richard Warren —, founder with Alvah Curtis Roebuck of a US department store chain (5)
25 and 26 The —, 2014 romcom starring Cameron Diaz and Leslie Mann (5,5) 26 See 25 Across
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2 Forest of —, setting of William Shakespeare play As You Like It (5)
3 Kirsten —, Norwegian soprano known for her Wagnerian roles whose Metropolitan Opera, New York debut was in 1935 (8) 5 Annual plant with edible sticky green pods also called ladies’ fingers (4) 6 See 16 Down
7 2008 action film starring Lizzy Caplan, Jessica Lucas and T J Miller (11) 8 Billiards shot in which the cue ball is hit below its centre causing it to recoil after hitting the object ball (5)
9 and 18 2000 comedydrama film starring Rupert Everett and Madonna (3,4,4,5) 14 Satellite of Jupiter discovered by Galileo in 1610 (8)
16 and 6 1912 musical melodrama by Arnold Schoenberg (7,7) 18 See 9 Down 21 John —, author of 1935 novel BUtterfield 8 (5) 22 Arthur —, 1975 Wimbledon singles tennis championship winner (4)
CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS
1 Perfect (5) 4 Cheerful (5) 10 Vote in (5) 11 Belief that there is no God (7) 12 Exhibit, display (8) 13 Coffee bar (4) 15 High-kicking dance (6) 17 Short while (6) 19 Bird’s home (4) 20 Type of rubbish holder (5-3) 23 Rough dry cider (7) 24 Foreign (5) 25 Drink nosily (5) 26 Forest clearing (5)
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2 Caused by (3,2) 3 Absolute ruler (8) 5 Continuous dull pain (4) 6 Archbishop (7) 7 Sailing malady (11) 8 Untrue (5) 9 Rude (11) 14 Local council building (4,4) 16 Nasal opening (7) 18 Swings to and fro (5) 21 Sightless (5) 22 Muslim ruler (4)