Quizword & Crossword

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

Quizword ACROSS

6 2004 comedydrama film starring Kate Hudson in the title role (7,5)

8 Thomas —, Irish actor; founder of a sculling prize in 1715 that is still competed for on the River Thames on August 1 (7)

9 and 12 Across

Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for The Hustler (5,6)

10 1994 film drama starring Jodie Foster in the title role (4) 12 See 9 Across 14 Anne —, author of novels Breathing Lessons and

The Accidental Tourist (5)

15 Beautiful girl loved by Cupid in classical mythology (6)

16 Medium-sized wading bird with a small head (4)

19 Ferenc —, 19thcentury composer of operas Batori Maria and Bank Ban (5)

21 Edmund —, Londonborn poet who authored 1928 memoir Undertones of War (7)

22 — Castle, 14thcentury fortress on the coast of Northumberland (12)

DOWN

1 Ben —, Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar winner for Gandhi (8) 2 Hybrid offspring of a female tiger and male lion (5)

3 Impure form of quartz used in making pestles and mortars (5)

4 See 14 Down

5 Large brown seaweed whose ash is a source of iodine (4)

6 Marine food fish such as the Northern — or Emperor — (3,7)

7 Eurasian bird such as the Grey-capped — or Yellow-breasted — (10) 11 In cricket, a run scored off a ball not struck by the batsman (3)

12 Minor infringement in tennis requiring a point to be replayed (3)

13 Game played in British schools similar to softball and baseball (8)

14 and 4

2005 novel by Raymond Khoury (3,4,7)

17 German submarine in

World Wars I and II (1-4) 18 Soup or stew thickened

with okra pods (5)

20 Heidi —, German-born supermodel who portrayed Ursula Andress in 2004 biopic The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (4)

Crossword ACROSS

6 Art of making

fireworks (12)

8 Hoodlum or

villain (7)

9 Loose change (5) 10 Plant type (4)

12 Average (6)

14 Not affected by

alcohol (5)

15 Requiring speedy

action (6)

16 Leg part (4)

19 Viper (5)

21 Dizziness (7)

22 Live within one’s

means (4,4,4)

DOWN

1 Insignificant or petty (8) 2 Room under the roof (5) 3 Perfume (5)

4 Large-toothed fish (7)

5 Glance over quickly (4) 6 Specific (10)

7 Ground that is always frozen (10)

11 Spicy (3)

12 Blokes (3)

13 Pictures mentally (8)

14 Swimmer’s breathing tube (7)

17 Happening (5)

18 Hard part of bread (5) 20 Unable to hear (4)