Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword ACROSS
1 Leader, with brother Horsa, of the first Jutish settlers in Britain (7)
7 See 8 Across 8 and 7 1985 comedy-drama film starring Jack Nicholson and Kathleen Turner (7,5) 9 City in Lombardy, Italy, northeast of Parma surrounded on three sides by artificial lakes (6) 11 Annual or biennial grass used to make flour (5) 13 Light slender flexible sword tipped by a button (4) 14 British royal house that reigned from 1714-1901 (7) 15 City in east-central Texas, US, on the Brazos River (4)
16 See 4 Down 17 and 21 Town in Leicestershire associated with pork pie manufacture (6,7)
21 See 17 Across 22 Gracie —, comedienne married to comedian George Burns who died in 1964 (5)
23 and 12 Down
1939 novel by Zane Grey (7,5)
DOWN
2 1974 disaster film starring Charlton Heston and Ava Gardner (10) 3 Spanish cold soup made from tomatoes and peppers (8) 4 and 16 Across
1989 novel by Carl Hiaasen (4,5) 5 Carlos —, 1998 French Open singles tennis championship winner (4)
6 See 19 Down
9 Stella —, US actress who portrayed Sandy West in 2010 biopic The Runaways (5) 10 2001 novel by Walter Kirn (2,2,3,3) 12 See 23 Across
13 Old World mainly nocturnal mammal also known as a flying fox (5,3) 18 Singer and actress who played Barbara Pegg in 1967 film drama
To Sir, with Love (4) 19 and 6 The —, Stephen Crane short story first published in 1897 about four shipwrecked men (4,4)
20 Former gold rush town in Alaska; finishing point of the Iditarod trail sled dog race (4)
Crossword ACROSS
1 Cook by immersing in hot fat (4-3) 7 Bedtime drink (5) 8 Child’s vehicle (7)
9 Soft and light (6) 11 Slumber (5) 13 Closed (4) 14 Biggest (7) 15 Remain (4) 16 Work dough with the hands (5) 17 Get away (6) 21 Civilian fighting force (7)
22 Situate (5)
23 Refined or chic (7)
DOWN
2 Gum tree (10) 3 Correctly (8) 4 Stink (4)
5 Toy in human form (4) 6 Predatory canine mammal (4) 9 Ague (5) 10 Basis (10) 12 Stopping device (5) 13 Extremely impressive or attractive (8) 18 Prison room (4) 19 Select (4) 20 Statement of money owed (4)