Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword
ACROSS
6 1959-67 England footballer; Tottenham Hotspur all-time top scorer (5,7) 8 Seaside resort in
East Yorkshire known for its pottery (7)
9 Scott —, author of novels Personal Injuries and Presumed Innocent (5) 10 Eric —, Monty Python member who wrote the book of Broadway musical Spamalot (4) 12 Jaroslav —, 1954 Wimbledon singles tennis championship winner (6)
14 Small Asian evergreen tree with yellow oval edible fruits (5) 15 Bowed stringed instrument with two f-shaped sound holes in the belly (6) 16 Inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin (4)
19 Strong polymer first produced by the Dupont firm in the 1930s (5)
21 Town in North Lanarkshire east of Glasgow (7)
22 Mesoamerican deity after which the first, unpublished version of D H Lawrence novel The Plumed Serpent was titled (12)
DOWN
1 City in northwest Texas formerly associated with the helium industry (8)
2 Lake —, body of water in central Africa at the southern end of the Great Rift Valley (5)
3 and 4 Ship designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel that laid the transatlantic telegraph cable from 1865 (5,7) 4 See 3 Down
5 Mike —, golfer;
2003 Masters Tournament winner (4) 6 Author of novels
In One Person and Last Night in Twisted River (4,6) 7 Former Scarlets,
Bristol Rugby and
Sale Sharks scrum-half; 2001 Wales Test debutant against
Japan (6,4)
11 and 17 Israel striker at Chelsea FC from 2006-09 (3,5) 12 Character voiced by Roy Atwell in
1937 animated film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (3) 13 — camel, creature with two humps used as a beast of burden in deserts of central Asia (8) 14 Brown sedimentary rock with a woody texture used as fuel (7) 17 See 11 Down
18 Carl —, WBC Super Middleweight champion from 2010-11 (5)
20 William —,
Archbishop of Canterbury from 1633-45 (4)
Crossword
ACROSS
6 Cricket shot (7,5) 8 Of the heart (7)
9 Criminal organisation (5) 10 Bard (4)
12 Roughly apply paint (6) 14 Achieve a great deal (2,3) 15 Somewhat (6) 16 Daybreak (4) 19 Furniture item (5)
21 Musical instrument (7)
22 Everybody (3,3,6)
DOWN
1 Make too hot (8) 2 Planet’s path (5) 3 Copper coins (5) 4 One who moves in water (7) 5 Red meat (4) 6 Recover from illness (10) 7 Duplicate (6,4)
11 And not (3)
12 Wicked (3)
13 Very large snake (8) 14 Army officer (7) 17 Digging tool (5)
18 Arid area with bushes (5)
20 Hairless (4)