Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword ACROSS
6 1979 novel by Kathy Lette and Gabrielle Carey (7,5) 8 Line on a map connecting points of equal underwater depth (7)
9 Port and resort in Lazio, Italy; site of Allied landings in World War II (5) 10 Balazs —, 1996 Olympic hammer gold medallist (4) 12 Sam —, Lebanese businessman; chairman of Cardiff City FC from 2000-06 (6) 14 Rod —, 1962 and 1969 calendar-year Grand Slam singles tennis championship winner (5) 15 Fridtjof —, Norwegian explorer who died in 1930 (6)
16 and 5 Down US jazz saxophonist known as The Sound who died in 1991 (4,4) 19 Lowest deck in a vessel with four or more decks (5) 21 Brimin —, 2008 Olympic 3,000m steeplechase gold medallist (7) 22 Author of 1696 play Loves’s Last Shift; Poet Laureate from 1730-57 (6,6)
DOWN
1 Executioner in William Shakespeare play Measure for Measure (8) 2 Father of Hector, Paris and Cassandra in Greek mythology (5)
3 6 and 13 1968 novel by Agatha Christie (2,3,8,2,2,6) 4 Moorish castle or palace in Spain such as the — of Segovia (7) 5 See 16 Across 6 See 3 Down 7 Barren granite area of land in north Cornwall (6,4) 11 Chinese dynasty from 206 BC until AD 220 including the Xin interregnum of Wang Mang (3) 12 Adult female of the domestic fowl (3)
13 See 3 Down 14 — III, King of Belgium from 1934-51 (7) 17 Margaret —, 2004 London Marathon elite race winner (5) 18 Biblical region mentioned in
1 Kings 9:28 famed for its wealth (5) 20 Commonest basic pattern of the human fingerprint (4)
Crossword ACROSS
6 Person one knows slightly (12) 8 Synthetic material (7) 9 Shelflike projection from a cliff (5) 10 Loose flowing garment (4) 12 Kitchen item (6) 14 Pulped fruit (5) 15 Threefold (6) 16 Horse’s gait (4) 19 Hatred (5) 21 Enduring energy (7) 22 Motley, unkempt (6-6)
DOWN
1 Bicker (8)
2 Social gathering of invited guests (5) 3 Quick light meal (5) 4 Commercial transport of goods (7) 5 Corrosive substance (4) 6 Spectre (10) 7 Cause to continue (10) 11 Regret (3) 12 Slippery fish (3) 13 Railway coach (8) 14 Bird’s feathers (7) 17 Escort (5) 18 System for locating aircraft (5) 20 Mosque prayer leader (4)