Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword ACROSS
1 and 20 2009-12 WBO Welterweight champion (5,8) 4 Number represented by symbols VIII in Roman numerals (5) 10 B J —, Australia Test cricketer who made an unbeaten 203 against South Africa in Perth in 2005 (5)
11 Muse of lyric poetry and music in Greek mythology (7) 12 1999 satirical novel by Chuck Palahniuk (8) 13 Richard —, actor who played Jaws in 1977 action film The Spy Who Loved Me (4) 15 Mediterranean plant with yellowish-white flowers; a popular salad vegetable (6) 17 Tobacco pipe also called a hubble-bubble (6) 19 1880 novel by Emile Zola (4)
20 See 1 Across 23 2016 crime drama film starring Ana de Armas and Keanu Reeves (7) 24 The —, Greek epic poem describing the siege of Troy (5) 25 University in Birmingham founded in 1966 (5) 26 Phyllis —, actress who played Lady Jane Felsham in BBC TV series Lovejoy (5)
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2 Tree whose wood is used for bridges as it resists underwater rot (5) 3 Jarkko —, 2006 Heineken Open singles tennis tournament winner (8)
5 Ninth letter of the Greek alphabet (4) 6 Robert —, lyric poet known for 1648 volume Hesperides (7) 7 1889 one-act stage play by August Strindberg (3,8) 8 Colourless gaseous element; symbol Xe (5)
9 Best Actress in a Supporting Role Oscar nominee for 1938 drama Of Human Hearts (6,5) 14 Small slender fly, the female of which sucks the blood of animals (8) 16 Brightest star in constellation Carina (7)
18 Early form of hockey often played on ice (5) 21 Third largest of the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea (5) 22 Capital of Norway (4)
Crossword ACROSS
1 Auctioneer’s hammer (5) 4 Loose (5)
10 Loop of rope (5) 11 Numbers and parallel lines on a product (7) 12 Salve (8) 13 Celebrity (4) 15 Photographic device (6) 17 Short while (6) 19 Smallest of a litter (4) 20 Of the body (8) 23 Teach (7)
24 Run away to wed (5) 25 Counterfoils (5) 26 Chairs (5)
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2 Oak tree fruit (5) 3 Always (8) 5 Block of cooking fat (4) 6 Amused chuckle (7) 7 Not worried, untroubled (11) 8 Dark wood (5) 9 Hat type (11) 14 Entire (8) 16 Organised search for a fugitive (7) 18 Pugilist (5) 21 Perch (5) 22 Young sheep (4)