Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword
ACROSS
3 and 10 2010 novel by Charlaine Harris (4,2,3,6) 8 1847 novel by Herman Melville (4) 9 Metal band holding a reed on to the mouthpiece of certain woodwind instruments (8) 10 See 3 Across
13 Port in Para, Brazil, on the Para River (5) 14 1987 action film starring Peter Weller in the title role (7) 15 1987 no 1 album by Michael Jackson (3) 16 Territory of Canada created in 1999 out of the eastern portion of the Northwest Territories (7) 17 1980 stage play by Steven Berkoff (5) 21 City in Russia; capital of the Republic of Khakassia (6) 22 See 4 Down 23 River that flows to the North Sea at Sunderland (4) 24 Hungary-born travel-guide writer and gastronome who died in 2010 (4,5)
2 Venomous tree snake of sub-Saharan Africa (9) 4 and 22 Across Welsh
actor-dramatist whose stage plays include Night Must Fall and The Corn Is Green (5,8) 5 Shrub or tree of the genus Cornus whose hard wood is used for tool handles (7) 6 John —, 1966-83 Conservative MP; 1981-83 Secretary of State for Defence (4) 7 Douglas —, 1974-97 Conservative MP; Home Secretary from 1985-89 (4) 11 Jody —, 1979 F1 World Drivers’ Championship winner (9) 12 Flowering plant of the Himalayas whose rhizome produces an essential oil (9) 14 See 19 Down 15 Port in New York State, US, at the eastern end of Lake Erie (7) 18 Felipe —, F1 driver; 2006 Brazilian GP winner (5)
19 and 14 Down 1962 novel by James Clavell (4,3) 20 The —, 1995 novel by Stephen J Cannell (4)
Crossword
ACROSS 3 Onlooker (9)
8 Fibs (4) 9 Chipolatas (8) 10 Hooked claws (6) 13 Male relative (5) 14 South American dance (7) 15 Fighting between nations (3) 16 Road-surfacing material (7)
17 Game with pawns and rooks (5)
21 Permit or tolerate (6) 22 German motorway (8) 23 Gravel (4)
24 Small vegetable marrow (9) DOWN 1 Clumsy (3,6) 2 Make or be a copy of (9) 4 Sheriff’s men (5) 5 Things lying about untidily (7) 6 Partially open (4) 7 Cooker (4) 11 Beach or pool attendant (9) 12 Reaffirms (9) 14 Forbid (3) 15 State benefits (7) 18 Belief (5) 19 Single European currency (4) 20 Male pig (4)