Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
QUIZWORD CLUES ACROSS
3 and 21 Opera by Arthur Sullivan and Basil Hood first performed in 1899 (3,4,2,6) 8 Aircraft firm founded by Alliott Verdon Roe in 1910 (4) 9 Sherwood —, author of 1919 short story collection Winesburg, Ohio (8) 10 and 16 1963 musicalcomedy film starring Cliff Richard and Lauri Peters (6,7) 13 Chuck —, animated cartoon director who created characters Wile E Coyote and Marvin Martian (5) 14 Honest old counsellor in William Shakespeare play The Tempest (7) 15 Ruby —, comedienne who authored 2002 memoir How Do You Want Me? (3) 16 See 10 Across 17 V I —, Russian statesman who died in 1924 (5) 21 See 3 Across 22 Hydrocarbon found in carrots and sweet potatoes; main dietary source of vitamin A (8) 23 and 24 1986, 1987, 1991 and 1993 World Rally Drivers’ Championship winner (4,9) 24 See 23 Across
DOWN
1 Scotland centre-forward; Liverpool 1965 FA Cup Final winning scorer (3,2,4) 2 Seaport in Western Australia at the mouth of the Swan River (9) 4 John —, actor who portrayed Jack Kerouac in 1980 film drama Heart Beat (5) 5 2006 no 1 album by Robbie Williams (7) 6 Island in the English Channel whose two main parts are linked by isthmus La Coupee (4) 7 1847 novel by Herman Melville (4) 11 Silvery-white metallic element; symbol Mg (9) 12 1954 novel by Alexander Trocchi (5,4) 14 John —, author of 1728 stage work The Beggar’s Opera (3) 15 Jean-Antoine —, French painter whose works include 1717’s The Embarkation for Cythera (7) 18 John Hanning —, Devon-born explorer who discovered Lake Victoria in 1858 (5) 19 Plantation in 1936 Margaret Mitchell novel Gone with the Wind (4) 20 Flesh of a pig used as food (4)
CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS
3 Arrest for a crime (9) 8 Space (4) 9 Any specific pursuit (8) 10 Insight (6) 13 Ending in death (5) 14 Luggage (7) 15 However (3) 16 Patterns on a zebra (7) 17 Official who decides cases in court (5) 21 Missive (6) 22 Constricting snake (8) 23 Worry (4) 24 Hair on the upper lip (9)
DOWN
1 Morning meal (9) 2 Done of one’s own free will (9) 4 Musical instrument (5) 5 Draw back (7) 6 Bee structure (4) 7 Meshes (4) 11 Strong wind in a desert (9) 12 Famous person (9) 14 Public transport vehicle (3) 15 Plant type (7) 18 Ostentatiously stylish (5) 19 Data (4) 20 Divisions of a play (4)