Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword ACROSS
1 Richard —, co-creator and co-presenter of BBC TV quiz show Pointless (5)
7 Port in SE Sicily on
the Ionian Sea (8)
8 Jo —, 1987 Wimbledon mixed doubles tennis champion with Jeremy Bates (5)
10 2005 film thriller starring Jodie Foster and Peter Sarsgaard (10)
12 Agnolo —, 16thcentury painter whose works include Allegory of Happiness (8)
14 Andrew —, actor who played the title role in 1967 sci-fi film Quatermass and the Pit (4)
16 Jethro —, seed drill
inventor (4)
17 The —, 1998 stage play by David Hare (4,4)
20 1985 comedy-drama film starring Griffin Dunne and Rosanna Arquette (5,5)
23 Opera by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov about a Novgorod minstrel (5)
24 Sir John —, character who appears in William Shakespeare plays The Merry Wives of Windsor and Henry IV
Pts 1 and 2 (8)
25 Shane —, 1972 Olympic women’s 200m and 400m freestyle swimming gold medallist (5)
DOWN
1 Character played by Harold Sakata in 1964 action film Goldfinger (6) 2 and 18 Pakistan Test cricketer who took 5-111 against England at Birmingham in 1971 (4,6) 3 John —, English admiral executed in 1757 after failing to relieve Minorca (4)
4 John —, author of the novels The Sot-Weed Factor and Giles Goat-Boy (5)
5 Northern oceanic diving bird of the auk family such as the Common — or Black — (9) 6 Jeremy —, Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for The Hurt Locker (6)
9 and 11 Character played by Audrey Hepburn in 1964 film musical My Fair Lady (5,9)
13 A —, South Africa Test cricketer who took 6-32 against West Indies at Bridgetown in 2005 (3) 15 Peter —, English tenor who created the role of Peter Quint in Benjamin Britten’s 1954 opera The Turn of the Screw (5)
16 Pat —, jockey who rode 1970 Grand National winner Gay Trip (6)
18 See 2 Down
19 Largest island of
Greece (5)
21 Carl —, German composer of cantata Carmina Burana (4)
22 Starchy cereal used for puddings obtained from an Asian palm tree (4)