Quizword & Crossword

Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.

Quizword ACROSS

1 Dom — Prime Minister of Malta from 1971-84 (7) 7 and 22 1998 crime film starring George Clooney and Jennifer

Lopez (3,2,5) 8 Large feline mammal; the swiftest known to man (7) 9 Ed — Best Actor in a Supporting Role Oscar winner for Sweet Bird of Youth (6)

11 Pair of short cloth gaiters covering the instep and ankle (5) 13 See 3 Down 14 Giuseppe Verdi opera composed in 1841 whose title character is king of Babylon (7) 15 Gaming stake put up before the deal in poker (4) 16 and 23 Actor who starred as Timothy Lea in the 1970s Confessions series of British comedy films (5,7) 17 Johan — Swedish golfer who won the 2006 Scottish Open (6) 21 Golfer who captained the 1957 British PGA Ryder Cup-winning team (3,4)

22 See 7 Across

23 See 16 Across

DOWN

2 and 13 Down 1944 film comedy starring Dick Powell and Linda Darnell (2,8,8) 3 and 13 Across

1972 BBC TV drama by Nigel Kneale starring Michael Bryant and Jane Asher (3,5,4)

4 Ship designed for Fridtjof Nansen’s 1893 Arctic explorations (4) 5 Ancient plucked stringed instrument whose body is shaped like a sliced pear (4) 6 Book of the

Old Testament attributed to the son of Pethuel (4) 9 Tree of temperate regions that bears small edible, triangular nuts (5) 10 The — 2010 film drama starring Adrien Brody and Forest Whitaker (10) 12 The —, 1989 action film starring Ed Harris and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio (5)

13 See 2 Down

18 Light slender flexible sword tipped by a button (4) 19 Chief coalmining and industrial region of Germany (4) 20 Roman god of war (4)