Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword ACROSS
1 City in southeast Nigeria; capital of the secessionist Republic of Biafra (5) 4 — Theatre, building in Southwark, London, built in 1599 (5) 10 Giant in folklore who, with Gog, survived the destruction of their race by Brutus, legendary founder of Britain (5) 11 Marine bivalve with a fluted fan-shaped tail (7) 12 1999 film drama starring Guy Pearce and Robert Carlyle (8) 13 Member of any of the peoples who lived in Britain north of the Forth and Clyde between the 1st and 4th centuries (4) 15 Joseph —, actor who played Jedediah Leland in 1941 film drama Citizen Kane (6) 17 US space station launched in May, 1973 (6) 19 Louis —, joint recipient of the 1970 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on magnetism (4) 20 Cricketing term for an instance of a batsman being out first ball for zero in both innings (4,4) 23 — Sea, area of the Aegean where, according to legend, Icarus fell from the sky (7) 24 Yellow-flowered North American plant such as the smooth — (5) 25 Chief wolf in The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling (5) 26 State of northeast India producing large quantities of tea (5)
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2 Triangular-shaped semi-desert region that forms the southern part of Israel (5) 3 Cam —, actor who played McCann in 2016 film Western The Magnificent Seven (8) 5 Chemical element; symbol Pb (4) 6 College at Oxford University founded in 1263 (7) 7 1999 film comedy starring Jason Biggs as Jim Levenstein (8,3) 8 Ancient city in central Egypt on the River Nile (5) 9 Largest island in the Svalbard archipelago (11) 14 2012 novel by Irvine Welsh (8) 16 and 21 1955 debut novel by Mario Puzo (3,4,5) 18 Alasdair —, Director-General of the BBC from 1982-87 (5) 21 See 16 Down 22 The —, ITV police drama series that ran from 1984-2010 (4)
Crossword ACROSS
1 Food cooked on a skewer (5) 4 Paris underground (5) 10 Precise (5) 11 Calm, pacify (7) 12 Gun attachment (8) 13 Romantic appointment (4) 15 Forgive (6) 17 Happening not long ago (6) 19 Very small (4) 20 Rescue craft (8) 23 Stringed musical instruments (7) 24 House made of ice (5) 25 On no occasion (5) 26 Loud explosion (5)
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2 Message sent by computer (1-4) 3 Fill with amazement (8) 5 Catch sight of (4) 6 Cask-conditioned beer (4,3) 7 View or prospect (11) 8 Highland games log (5) 9 Intense hatred (11) 14 Curative (8) 16 Overlook bad behaviour (7) 18 Telephone booth (5) 21 Eyes up (5) 22 Broad (4)