Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
QUIZWORD CLUES ACROSS
1 Clifford —, author of the stage plays Waiting for Lefty and Clash by Night (5) 4 Preserved county in SE Wales (5) 10 Japanese verse form in 17 syllables (5) 11 Percy —, presenter of BBC TV programme Gardeners’ World from 1969-76 (7) 12 1993 film drama starring Holly Hunter and Harvey Keitel (3,5) 13 Paul Gustave —, 19th-century French illustrator of works by Rabelais (4) 15 London Underground line coloured yellow on the Tube map (6) 17 The —, 2005 novel by John Grisham (6) 19 Island in the Inner Hebrides; site of an abbey founded by St Columba (4) 20 Forward section of a missile, aircraft or rocket (4,4) 23 Bone of the leg also called a patella (7) 24 Group or set of 20 (5) 25 Tree whose leaves are attached by long flattened stalks so that they quiver in the wind (5) 26 JC —, England Test cricketer who took 10-53 and 9-37 against Australia at Old Trafford in 1956 (5)
DOWN
2 2005 novel by James Sallis (5) 3 Metal censer suspended from chains in which incense is burnt during church services (8) 5 River that flows into Morecambe Bay at Fleetwood (4)
6 and 16 Ice hockey team; 1994 Stanley Cup Final winners (3,4,7) 7 2004 film comedy starring Shawn and Marlon Wayans (5,6) 8 Jule —, composer of the music for Broadway musicals Gypsy and Hallelujah, Baby! (5) 9 Small songbird with a curved bill, such as UK resident the common — (11) 14 The —, 1951 novel by Nicholas Monsarrat (5,3) 16 See 6 Down 18 William —, WBA Middleweight champion from 1996-97 (5) 21 Colourless gas formed by an electric discharge in water (5) 22 Skin disorder caused by inflammation of the glands found chiefly in adolescents (4)
CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS
1 Game between local teams (5) 4 Move to music (5) 10 Greek letter (5) 11 Yearbook (7) 12 Valuable or rare thing (4,4) 13 Approximately (2,2) 15 Foot part (6) 17 Slow sentimental song (6) 19 Adhesive (4) 20 Calling (8) 23 Stubbornly resolute (7) 24 Weak and delicate (5) 25 End of life (5) 26 Below (5)
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2 Evict (5) 3 Being in a fresh and unused condition (5-3) 5 Intentions (4) 6 Regulate (7) 7 Nitrous oxide (8,3) 8 Lariat (5) 9 In an appropriate manner (11) 14 Fuel or solvent type (8) 16 Food item (7) 18 Division of the year (5) 21 Furious (5) 22 Stop (4)