Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other. QUIZWORD CLUES ACROSS
1 In heraldry, the colour red (5) 7 Michael —, stand-up comedian; 2011 judge on ITV talent show Britain’s Got Talent (8) 8 Lowest deck in a vessel with four or more decks (5) 10 See 14 Across
12 1994 Jack Ketchum novel also published as Joyride (4,4)
14 and 10 1982 novel by Antonia Fraser (4,10) 16 James —, darts player who won the 2007 World Matchplay tournament (4) 17 North-easterly that blows down the south-west slope of Cross Fell in Cumbria (4,4) 20 Former BBC TV tennis commentator and British Davis Cup team coach who died in 1992 (3,7)
23 and 1 Down Golfer; 2009 US Open Championship winner (5,6) 24 Former Glasgow Warriors prop; 2012 Scotland Test debutant against Wales (2,6) 25 Republic in West Africa; capital Porto-Novo (5)
DOWN
1 See 23 Across 2 — Handicap, flat race run at York in August last won by Nakeeta in 2017 (4) 3 Mark on the floor behind which a darts player must stand to throw (4)
4 and 18 Actress who played Angie Watts in BBC TV soap EastEnders (5,6) 5 1918 novel by Willa Cather (2,7) 6 Michael —, actor who plays Kevin Webster in ITV soap Coronation Street (2,4) 9 Puppet pig, companion of Pinky, created by Jan and Vlasta Dalibor (5) 11 Wassily —, painter whose works include 1925’s Swinging (9) 13 Trygve —, Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1946-52 (3) 15 G C —, England Test cricketer who took 5-48 against Australia in Melbourne in 1986 (5) 16 — Sea, area extending along the North Sea coasts of The Netherlands, Germany and Denmark (6) 18 See 4 Down 19 2008 animated film starring the voice talent of Ben Burtt (4-1) 21 Edmund —, English tragic actor who played Shylock at Drury Lane in 1814 (4) 22 Racing toboggan on which riders lie supine (4)
CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS
1 Soft sweet (5) 7 Unbroken view of a surrounding area (8) 8 Fragment (5) 10 Revolting (10) 12 Runway (8) 14 The Red Planet (4) 16 Large container for washing the body (4) 17 Have good intentions (4,4) 20 Hits back (10) 23 Quick (5) 24 Evident (8) 25 Guide a vehicle (5)
DOWN
1 Signboard on a shopfront (6) 2 Happy and pleased (4) 3 Long pointed tooth (4) 4 Scandinavian (5) 5 Plots a course (9) 6 Scottish dish (6) 9 Ski slope (5) 11 Original model (9) 13 Anger (3) 15 Go in (5) 16 Interment (6) 18 Pantry (6) 19 White-collar worker (5) 21 Female relative (4) 22 Condiment (4)