Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
QUIZWORD CLUES ACROSS
1 Medium-sized wading bird with a long straight bill (5) 4 Japanese art of fencing with bamboo staves (5) 10 Chapchai —, Thai golfer; 2007 TCL Classic tournament winner (5) 11 Title character in William Shakespeare play The Merchant of Venice (7) 12 Largest settlement of the Aleutian Islands off SW Alaska; a former centre of the Russian fur trade (8) 13 Ferdinand —, French commander in chief of Allied armies on the Western front in World War I (4) 15 Leopold —, 18th-century German violinist and composer whose works include Jagdsinfonie and Die Bauernhochzeit (6) 17 Jo —, actress who played Tanya Branning in BBC TV soap EastEnders from 2006-13 (6) 19 Alban —, composer of operas Lulu and Wozzeck (4) 20 Kazuo —, author of novels The Remains of the Day and When We Were Orphans (8) 23 US state; capital Montgomery (7) 24 Jane —, actress who played Jane Seymour in 1972 film drama Henry VIII and His Six Wives (5) 25 Ed —, Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families from 2007-10 (5) 26 Seventh sign of the zodiac (5)
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2 1831 opera by Vincenzo Bellini (5) 3 2014 stage play by Richard Bean about the mutineers of the Bounty led by Fletcher Christian (8) 5 Trading group established in Europe in 1960 whose members now include Iceland and Norway (4) 6 Brother of Don Pedro, Prince of Aragon in the Shakespeare play Much Ado About Nothing (3,4) 7 South Wales-born theatrical photographer whose works include the cover for the 1963 debut album by The Beatles, Please Please Me (5,6) 8 Joseph —, British explorer and naturalist elected president of the Royal Society in 1778 (5) 9 Main printed circuit board in a computer (11) 14 Akiko —, 2007 Prague Open women’s singles tennis tournament winner (8) 16 2008 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe winner ridden by Christophe Soumillon (7) 18 State of NE India producing large quantities of tea (5) 21 Paul —, actor who played Barry Grant in Channel 4 soap Brookside (5) 22 Max —, English actor-comedian whose creations included Professor Wallofski (4)
CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS
1 Exaggeratedly masculine (5) 4 Game of football (5) 10 Assert one’s right to (5) 11 Colonnade (7) 12 In progress (5,3) 13 Rebuff (4) 15 Pierce with a sharp object (6) 17 Doglike (6) 19 Cloud colour (4) 20 Make little or light of (4,4) 23 Unplaced horse (4-3) 24 Open sore (5) 25 Smell (5) 26 Winter sportsman (5)
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2 Prize (5) 3 Self-government (4,4) 5 Unit of land area (4) 6 Italian wine (7) 7 Cleaning item (8,3) 8 Say (5) 9 Book-keeping system (6,5) 14 Personification of fortune or chance (4,4) 16 Happy (7) 18 Wood-shaving tool (5) 21 At the right moment (2,3) 22 Married German
woman (4)