Quizword & Crossword

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

ACROSS

1 City on the River Elwy in Denbighshire, Wales (2,5)

7 See 19 Down 8 and 22 1991 novel by Norman Mailer (7,5) 9 Richard —, comic actor who played Moss in Channel 4 sitcom The IT Crowd (6) 11 and 20 Down 1989 comedy film starring John Candy and Macaulay Culkin (5,4) 13 and 4 Down Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for Moneyball (4,4) 14 Former Northampton Saints rugby union wing; 2012 Samoa Test debutant against Tonga (3,4) 15 and 16 Director of films The Ghost Goes West and It Happened Tomorrow (4,5)

16 See 15 Across 17 Name from 1992-98 of Astana, capital of Kazakhstan (6) 21 Muse of lyric poetry and music in Greek mythology (7)

22 See 8 Across 23 Frank —, stand-up comedian; host of BBC TV series Opinionated and Room 101 (7)

DOWN

2 2015 romcom starring Amy Schumer and Bill Hader (10) 3 and 5 State capital of Utah, US (4,4,4) 4 See 13 Across 5 See 3 Down

6 Second letter of the Greek alphabet (4)

9 Port and resort in Lazio, Italy; site of Allied landings in World War II (5) 10 2005 novel by Peter James; first book in the Roy Grace series (4,6) 12 2011 Cricket World Cup winners (5) 13 Liverpudlian actor who played Harry Cross in Channel 4 soap Brookside (4,4) 18 Friedrich —, German scientist after whom a scale for expressing the hardness of minerals is named (4) 19 and 7 Across

Actress and presenter; Mandy Dingle in ITV soap Emmerdale (4,5)