Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
QUIZWORD CLUES
ACROSS 3 Miriam —, Best Actress in a Supporting Role BAFTA winner for her role as Mrs Mingott in 1993 film drama The Age of Innocence (9) 8 Fat from the abdomen of a pig rendered and clarified for use in cooking (4) 9 Nikolai —, Soviet statesman and military leader; Minister of Defence from 1953-55 (8) 10 Open-topped horse-drawn carriage, especially one with two wheels designed for one or two passengers (6) 13 1998 action film starring Wesley Snipes in the title role (5) 14 Mediterranean herb of the carrot family with a high vitamin C content (7)
15 and 11 Down Actor who played the title role in 1936 film drama Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (3,9) 16 Robert —, Best Director Oscar winner for Ordinary People (7) 17 Capital of Seine-Maritime, France (5) 21 Nancy —, 1968 French Open singles tennis championship winner (6) 22 Name by which the National Liberation Front for South Vietnam was known during the Vietnam War (8) 23 Edmund —, English tragic actor who played Shylock at Drury Lane in 1814 (4) 24 Giovanni Battista —, Italian composer of 1733 opera The Proud Prisoner (9) DOWN 1 Large industrial town in Lancashire housing Ewood Park football stadium (9) 2 Principal river of Myanmar (9) 4 Yellowish-brown hard translucent fossil resin used for jewellery (5) 5 Son of Lancelot and Elaine in Arthurian legend (7) 6 Chemical element; symbol Pb (4) 7 Southernmost of the Great Lakes of North America (4) 11 See 15 Across 12 Capital of North Korea (9) 14 Collective noun for a small group of seals or whales (3) 15 Three-lobed symbol in heraldry (7) 18 Ancient city in SE Greece in the NE Peloponnese (5) 19 Small high-pitched flute used in military bands (4) 20 Male of a red deer (4)
CROSSWORD CLUES
ACROSS 3 Leisure attraction (5,4) 8 Paradise (4) 9 Sweater (8) 10 Serving of ketchup? (6) 13 Drying cloth (5) 14 Make ready (7) 15 Scoundrel (3) 16 Referee’s item (3,4) 17 Indian monetary unit (5) 21 Ludicrous (6) 22 Errors (8) 23 One who tells untruths (4) 24 Device used at a salon (9) DOWN 1 Initial advantage (4,5) 2 Recently married people (9) 4 Cheerful (5) 5 Duck type (7) 6 Table game (4) 7 Stink (4) 11 Waterproof fabric (9) 12 Mythical (9) 14 Notebook (3) 15 Thin dry biscuit (7) 18 Fritter away (5) 19 Travel permit (4) 20 Wake or rise from sleep (4)