Quizword & Crossword

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

Quizword ACROSS

3 2008 comedy-drama film starring Emma Roberts and Natasha Richardson (4,5)

8 Gail —, badminton player; 2006 IBF World Championships mixed doubles gold medallist with Nathan Robertson (4)

9 Asian kingdom whose

capital is Bangkok (8) 10 Old Testament prophet of the 9th century BC who denounced Ahab and Jezebel (6)

13 Jacob —, German philologist who with brother Wilhelm is noted for a collection of fairy tales (5)

14 Town in South Australia built in 1947 as the administrative centre of the Long Range Weapons Establishment (7)

15 Adult female of the

domestic fowl (3)

16 Valved brass musical instrument with a penetrating tone (7)

17 Gustav —, Austrian painter whose works include 1905’s The Three Ages of Woman (5)

21 Type of West Indian

popular music (6)

22 S M —, India Test cricketer who hit 236 not out against West Indies at Chennai in 1983 (8)

23 Alban —, composer of operas Lulu and Wozzeck (4) 24 Crisp rind of roast pork (9)

DOWN

1 — National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site in Tanzania (9)

2 Another name for

the navel (9)

4 and 14 Down

1953 novel by Nevil Shute (2,3,3)

5 Michael —, poet born in 1563 whose works include Poly-Olbion (7) 6 Frans —, artist whose works include 1624’s The Laughing Cavalier (4)

7 Wild cat with greybrown mottled fur, tufted ears and a short tail (4)

11 That part of the N Pacific Ocean between NE Siberia and Alaska (6,3)

12 Railway town on the River Itchen in Hampshire; site of Southampton Airport (9)

14 See 4 Down

15 Ernst —, German aircraft designer who died in 1958 (7)

18 Island in the Firth of Clyde off the SW coast of Scotland (5)

19 River rising in the Vosges Mountains that flows north to the Moselle River in Germany (4)

20 White, grey, brown or pale green mineral found in metamorphic rocks (4)