Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword ACROSS
1 Town in central England on the River Avon that houses a castle (7) 7 Bill —, US computer software executive who co-founded Microsoft with Paul Allen (5) 8 See 13 Down 9 Jerry —, US actor whose roles included Jake Houseman in 1987 film drama Dirty Dancing (6) 11 and 22 1971 film comedy starring Reg Varney as Stan Butler (2,3,5) 13 River rising in northern France that flows through Belgium into the North Sea at Nieuwpoort (4) 14 Spanish painter born in Crete in 1541 (2,5) 15 and 5 Down Stand-up comedian whose television credits include Celebrity Ding Dong and The Singer Takes It All (4,4) 16 Term used outside Japan for animation originating in that country (5) 17 Large area of ruins of NW Cambodia containing — Thom, capital of the former Khmer Empire (6) 21 Italo —, Italian author of the novels Invisible Cities and The Nonexistent Knight (7) 22 See 11 Across 23 Angel —, golfer who The Masters Tournament in 2009 (7)
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2 French actor who played the title role in 1973 action film Scorpio (5,5) 3 2009 action film featuring Jackie Earle Haley as Rorschach (8) 4 and 10 2003 film drama starring Dennis Quaid and Sharon Stone (4,5,5) 5 See 15 Across 6 and 20 Either one of the two large veins that convey oxygendepleted blood to the heart (4,4) 9 Judy —, 1994 Commonwealth shot gold medallist (5) 10 See 4 Down 12 Sebastien —, 2013 and 2014 World Rally Championship Drivers’ title winner (5) 15 Expert pilots (4) 16 Find the sum of (3,2)
17 Very nearly (6) 21 Verbal retort (7) 22 Claw (5) 23 Conclusion (7) 13 George Bernard Shaw stage play first published in 1898 (3,5,3,4) 18 2001 novel by Irvine
Welsh (4) 19 Wilfred —, poet whose works include Dulce et Decorum Est and Concerned with past Anthem for events (10) Doomed Youth (4) 3 Card suit (8) See 6 Down 4 Partially open (4) 5 Red meat (4) 6 Jumping insect (4) 9 Star sign (5) 10 Teacher (10) 12 Military trainee (5) 13 Careful and deliberate (8) Repast (4) Shortly (4) Watch face (4) 20 1 7 8 9 11 13 14
and 8 Across DOWN