Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword ACROSS
1 and 23 1895 novel by H G Wells (3,4,7) 7 Daniel —, author of 1719 novel Robinson Crusoe (5) 8 Louise —, actress whose roles have included Rosa Di Marco in BBC TV soap EastEnders (7) 9 and 14 2007 film comedy starring Will Ferrell and Jon Heder (6,2,5) 11 Hardy —, dressmaker by appointment to Queen Elizabeth II who founded his own fashion house in 1946 (5) 13 ‘American Tribal Love Rock Musical’ that opened on Broadway in 1968 (4) 14 See 9 Across
15 — gun, light 9 mm sub-machine-gun formerly used in the British Army (4) 16 Group or set of twenty (5) 17 In heraldry, the colour silver (6) 21 Sally —, 1986 Commonwealth 100m hurdles gold medallist (7)
22 Sylvia —, US poet whose volumes include The Colossus and Ariel (5)
23 See 1 Across
DOWN
2 See 3 Down 3 and 2 1982 children’s book by Gillian Cross (3,5,10) 4 Robert —, US engineer who died in 2005 after whom a type of musical synthesizer is named (4) 5 Back part of a golf club head where it bends to join the shaft (4)
6 Lew —, 1956 Australian Championships singles tennis champion (4) 9 Metalloid element used in hardening steel; symbol B (5) 10 Author of the novels Three Weeks and The Price of Things (6,4) 12 Wading bird similar to the heron (5) 13 Liliaceous plant of the Mediterranean with a thick flower stalk (8) 18 Eric —, British sculptor and typographer whose works include 1914 print Slaughter of the Innocents (4) 19 1987 film drama starring Barbra Streisand and Richard Dreyfuss (4) 20 Island in the Inner Hebrides separated from the Scottish mainland by the Sound of — (4)
Crossword ACROSS
1 Swagger (7) 7 Holy book of Islam (5) 8 Expelled or emitted (7) 9 Threat (6) 11 Happening (5) 13 Defeat (4) 14 Operating room (7) 15 Newborn or recently born child (4)
16 Star sign (5) 17 Disfigure (6) 21 Tetanus (7) 22 Money holder (5) 23 Bomb thrown by hand (7)
DOWN
2 Give new vigour to (10) 3 Neighbourhood (8) 4 Nutrition plan (4) 5 Painful (4) 6 Maori war chant (4) 9 Thaws (5) 10 Worker with responsibilities (6,4) 12 Snake poison (5) 13 Tall fur helmet (8) 18 Vendetta (4) 19 Corrode (4) 20 Badly off (4)