Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword ACROSS
3 and 21 2011 novel by Raymond Khoury (3,6,6) 8 Female of the red deer when aged three years or more (4) 9 Yacht; 1903 America’s Cup winner (8)
10 The —, large area of protected wetland in Norfolk and Suffolk (6) 13 Edible marine gastropod mollusc also called a sea-ear (5) 14 Another word for hara-kiri, the Japanese practice of suicide by disembowelment (7) 15 Variety of lettuce with a long slender head (3)
16 Mal —, 1980-94 Northern Ireland defender signed by Manchester United from Luton Town in 1988 (7) 17 Ancient kingdom of the Sabeans (5)
21 See 3 Across 22 Christopher —, navigator and explorer who died in Valladolid, Spain, in 1506 (8)
23 1997 film thriller starring Nicole de Boer and Nicky Guadagni (4) 24 Allan —, Glasgow-born founder of a US detective agency in 1850 (9)
DOWN
1 and 15 1979 story collection by Angela Carter (3,6,7) 2 The —, 2009 comedy film starring Matt Damon and Scott Bakula (9) 4 Lee —, London-born stand-up comedian; regular panellist on BBC TV show They Think It’s All Over from 1995-97 (5) 5 Leo —, French composer of 1870 ballet Coppelia (7) 6 Flesh of a calf used as food (4)
7 Jeff —, 2004-06 IBF Super Middleweight champion (4)
11 First Spanish rider to win a race in the Superbike World Championship; at Oschersleben, Germany, in 2001 (5,4) 12 Daphne —, author of novels Rebecca and Jamaica Inn (2,7) 14 — sauce, substance made from fermented soya beans used in Chinese and Japanese cookery (3) 15 See 1 Down 18 Sauce for pasta consisting of crushed basil leaves, nuts, garlic, Parmesan cheese and oil (5) 19 God of mischief and destruction in Norse mythology (4) 20 Sam —, 2016 Olympic women’s hockey gold medallist and I’m a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! contestant (4)