Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword ACROSS
1 Historical region of Spain whose capital was Burgos (7) 7 and 8 1954 musical film starring Doris Day and Frank Sinatra (5,2,5)
8 See 7 Across 9 and 23 1990 action film starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman (4,2,7) 11 See 22 Across 13 Kimiko —, 1992-94 and 1996 Japan Open women’s singles tennis tournament winner (4)
14 Don —, singer-actor who played Gunner Sugden in BBC TV sitcom It Ain’t Half Hot Mum (7) 15 Standard unit of currency of Ethiopia (4) 16 and 9 Down
Author of novels The Guts and Paddy Clarke
Ha Ha Ha (5,5)
17 See 3 Down 21 and 6 Down The —,
1958 film drama starring Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier (7,4) 22 and 11 2012 and 2016 Olympic track cycling omnium and team pursuit gold medallist (5,5)
23 See 9 Across
DOWN
2 Continent around the South Pole (10) 3 and 17 Across 2010 novel by Joanna Trollope (3,5,6) 4 and 10 1963 hymn with words written by English songwriter Sydney Carter (4,2,3,5) 5 Port in the DR Congo; capital of the Belgian Congo until 1926 (4) 6 See 21 Across 9 See 16 Across 10 See 4 Down 12 Thomas —, English author of 1675 stage play Alcibiades (5) 13 Fourth period of the Palaeozoic era of geologic time (8) 18 Ancient kingdom in the Old Testament east of the Dead Sea (4) 19 Small brightlycoloured parrot of Australia and Indonesia (4) 20 George —, Liberia president since 2018; 1995 FIFA World Player of the Year (4)
Crossword ACROSS
1 Plane figure with 10 sides (7) 7 Jeans fabric (5) 8 Large French country house or castle (7) 9 Fungal timber decay (3,3) 11 Over or on top of (5) 13 Evaluate (4) 14 Operating room (7)
15 Eight furlongs (4) 16 Doing words (5) 17 Shoots from cover (6) 21 Bloom (7) 22 Begin (5) 23 Persevere (7)
DOWN
2 Public showing (10) 3 Set in motion (8) 4 Shaped like an egg (4) 5 Prophet (4) 6 Fibber (4) 9 Monies owed (5) 10 Enrolled as a member (2,3,5) 12 Opposite side to tails (5) 13 Drives backwards (8) 18 Trace amount (4) 19 Deserve (4) 20 Adhesive (4)