Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword ACROSS
1 Middle Eastern sweet made of crushed sesame seeds and honey (5) 4 Merlene —, 1990 Commonwealth 100m and 200m gold medallist (5) 10 Joe —, author of stage plays What the Butler Saw and Entertaining Mr Sloane (5) 11 Undefeated 18th-century racehorse after which is named the — Stakes, run at Sandown Park (7) 12 Alfred —, author of poems The Lady of Shalott and Voices in the Mist (8) 13 Forest of —, region between the Rivers Severn and Wye (4) 15 Stage play by Jean Giraudoux first performed in 1939 (6) 17 and 22 Down
1999 novel by Andy McNab (6,4) 19 1816 novel by Jane Austen (4)
20 Inland port in California, US, on the San Joaquin River; seat of the University of the Pacific (8) 23 Arthur —, prime minister from 1902-05 (7)
24 Standard monetary
unit of Nigeria (5)
25 Department of southeast France; capital Grenoble (5) 26 Colour that lies between yellow and blue in the visible spectrum (5)
DOWN
2 and 14 Austrian composer whose works include 1874’s ‘Romantic’ Symphony no 4 in E flat major (5,8) 3 and 6 1965 action film starring Frank Sinatra and Trevor Howard (3,5,7) 5 and 9 One-woman show by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Don Black first performed by Marti Webb in 1979 (4,2,2,1,6) 6 See 3 Down
7 Capital and largest city of Papua New Guinea (4,7) 8 Daniel —, author of 1719 novel Robinson Crusoe (5) 9 See 5 Down 14 See 2 Down
16 1936 family film starring Shirley Temple in the title role (7) 18 1989 novel by Ben Elton (5) 21 Stomach lining of an ox or cow prepared for cooking (5)
22 See 17 Across
Crossword ACROSS
1 Sugary (5) 4 Be incompatible (5) 10 Courage (5) 11 Indicate with motions (7) 12 Allowed (8) 13 Hopping insect (4) 15 Newspaper boss (6) 17 Belief or trust (6) 19 Spongy (4) 20 Enough or sufficient (8) 23 Musical performance (7)
24 Be alive (5)
25 Thing of value (5)
26 Aquatic mammal (5)
DOWN
2 Most heinous (5) 3 Physical effort (8) 5 Girl (4) 6 Extremely dirty and unpleasant (7) 7 Not needed (11) 8 Concur (5) 9 Divisions of a large organisation (11) 14 Habitual (8) 16 Passes a disease to (7) 18 Strangely (5) 21 Nimble (5) 22 Eyelid swelling (4)