Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword ACROSS
1 1837 novel by Benjamin Disraeli (7) 7 Australian acacia tree with yellow, ball-shaped flowers (5) 8 See 2 Down 9 Upper chamber of each side of the heart (6) 11 Nevil —, author of the novels On the Beach and Beyond the Black Stump (5) 13 Johnny —, Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for Finding Neverland (4) 14 Japanese art of
paper folding (7) 15 River rising in Macedonia that flows through Albania to the Adriatic (4) 16 Playing card also
called a jack (5) 17 and 22 Character who provides the title of Chapter 26 of 1883 RL Stevenson novel Treasure Island (6,5) 21 Peter —, author of 1969 stage play The National Health, or Nurse Norton’s Affair (7) 22 See 17 Across 23 Horse racecourse in Wales that opened in 2009 (4,3)
DOWN 2 and 8 Across
1989 film comedy starring Geena Davis and Jeff Goldblum (5,5,3,4) 3 1999 film comedy starring Matthew Broderick and Reese Witherspoon (8) 4 City in NE Romania; a former capital of the country (4) 5 Standard unit of currency of Myanmar (4) 6 Race of decadent people in 1895 H G Wells novel The Time Machine (4) 9 Charles —, weightlifter who conceived the Dynamic Tension system of muscle building (5) 10 Name, until 1984, of
Burkina Faso (5,5) 12 Peter —, 1998 British Open squash champion (5) 13 Genus of Eurasian plants that includes the carnations and pinks (8) 18 Standard monetary
unit of Iran (4) 19 Nelson —, US singeractor whose roles included Count Palaffi in 1942 film musical I Married an Angel (4) 20 Edith —, French singer known as the Little Sparrow (4)
Crossword ACROSS
1 Sport usually played by women (7) 7 Wooden peg (5) 8 Postmortem examination (7) 9 Soak (6) 11 Savoury jelly (5) 13 Hand part (4) 14 Igneous rock (7) 15 Osculate (4) 16 Rounded line (5) 17 Seize quickly and deftly (6)
21 Joins up (7) 22 Regretful (5) 23 Female big cat (7)
DOWN
2 Of horses and riding (10) 3 Reservations (8) 4 Luxuriant (4) 5 Fly high (4) 6 Intend (4) 9 Draw off liquid from (5) 10 Prepares land to grow plants (10) 12 Protective eye covering (5) 13 Strange (8) 18 Eagerly expectant (4) 19 Nucleus (4) 20 Opposed to (4)