Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword ACROSS
1 Former name of Uskudar, a district of Istanbul, Turkey (7)
7 Guillermo —, 2004 French Open singles tennis championship runner-up (5)
8 Flesh of a deer used as food (7)
9 Edmond —, Astronomer Royal from 1720-42 (6)
11 Nellie —, Australian operatic soprano who died in 1931 (5)
13 Sophia —, US actress who played Brooke Davis in television drama series One Tree Hill (4)
14 City in Rajasthan, India; once the capital of the kingdom of Mewar (7)
15 and 22 US blues singer born Huddie Ledbetter who died in 1949 (4,5)
16 Peter —, winner of the 2002 World Snooker Championship (5)
17 City in Zimbabwe known as Umtali until 1983 (6)
21 Hugo —, German engineer and aircraft designer who died in 1935 (7)
22 See 15 Across 23 Any of several small short-bodied breeds of dog originally trained to hunt small mammals (7)
DOWN
2 Georges —, prime minister of France from 1917-20 (10)
3 See 12 Down 4 J E —, England Test cricketer who hit 200 not out against Sri Lanka at Lord’s in 2014 (4)
5 Alberto —, 1984 Olympic 10,000m gold medallist (4)
6 and 9 Down 1965 musicalcomedy film starring Elvis Presley and Shelley Fabares (4,5)
9 See 6 Down 10 Town and seaside resort in East Sussex between Brighton and Hastings (10)
12 and 3 US artist whose works include 1964’s Lunch Table (5,8)
13 1980 film drama starring Robert Redford and Yaphet Kotto (8)
18 Herbert Beerbohm —, English actormanager who died in 1917 (4)
19 Martin —, Astronomer Royal from 1972-82 (4)
20 Sterile offspring of a male donkey and a female horse (4)
Crossword ACROSS
1 Assign officially to a job (7)
7 Of the nose (5)
8 Curving inwards (7)
9 Impudent (6)
11 Rupture (5)
13 Surety (4)
14 Vent, aperture (7)
15 Indication (4)
16 Large container for fruit (5)
17 Breakfast food (6)
21 Car registration document (7)
22 Slightly drunk (5)
23 Insults (7)
DOWN
2 Fertile (10)
3 Opportunity (8)
4 State’s ships (4)
5 Ready money (4)
6 Specific day of the month (4)
9 Graphic magazine (5)
10 Title given to a man by a monarch (10)
12 Last round of a competition (5)
13 Endurable (8)
18 Rapid surprise attack (4)
19 Church recess (4)
20 Code word for G (4)