Quizword & Crossword

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

Quizword

ACROSS

1 and 17

Football League Cup Final runner-up with Sheffield Wednesday and Leeds United; 1992 England debutant against CIS (7,6)

7 and 22 Broadcaster and journalist who authored 1983 novel Brilliant Creatures (5,5)

8 Cheese made in the district of Melton Mowbray named after a place in Cambridgeshire (7) 9 Port in Denmark on

Funen Island (6)

11 Viswanathan —, 2007-13

World Chess Championship winner (5)

13 Malaysian or Indonesian knife with a wavy-edged blade (4)

14 North American perch-like food and game fish (7)

15 Paul —, Swiss artist whose works include 1928’s Cat and Bird (4)

16 1998 action film starring Wesley Snipes in the title role (5) 17 See 1 Across 21 Mira —, Best Actress in a Supporting Role Oscar winner for Mighty Aphrodite (7) 22 See 7 Across 23 US city and summer resort in E Wisconsin situated on the western shore of Lake Winnebago (7)

DOWN

2 English football club; 1982 European Cup Final winners (5,5) 3 Capital of Malawi (8) 4 1847 novel by

Herman Melville (4) 5 — the Impaler, 15th-century prince of Wallachia (4)

6 and 20 Hungarian producer of US TV series Flipper and Daktari (4,4)

9 Tom —, 1973 French Open men’s doubles tennis championship winner with John Newcombe (5)

10 Commune on the River Seine north of Paris; home of the Stade de France (5-5) 12 Edward —, composer of 1900 oratorio The Dream of Gerontius (5)

13 Port in SW Iceland housing an international airport (8) 18 David —, Best Director Oscar winner for The Bridge on the River Kwai (4)

19 Mark —, actor who played Alan Bradley in ITV soap Coronation Street (4) 20 See 6 Down

Crossword

ACROSS

1 Excite or trouble (7) 7 Neighbourhood pub (5)

8 Decorate food (7)

9 Lots (6)

11 Stage whisper (5) 13 Dog noise (4)

14 Curtail (7)

15 Mass of bread (4) 16 Locates (5)

17 Get away (6)

21 Middle (7) 22 Short moral

story (5)

23 Vigilant (3,4)

DOWN

2 Rank-and-file members (5,5)

3 Unable to hold a tune (4-4)

4 Chuck (4)

5 Go cold (4)

6 Daybreak (4)

9 Group of lions (5) 10 Shabby (10)

12 Armistice (5)

13 Disparage (8)

18 Applaud (4)

19 Tablet (4)

20 Spool (4)