Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
QUIZWORD CLUES ACROSS
1 Light fabric with a fine ridged or crinkled surface (5) 4 1985 novel by Elmore Leonard (5) 10 Any of the 12 broad-faced grinding teeth in man (5) 11 Caribbean island of Haiti off northwest Hispaniola once a centre of piracy (7) 12 Town east of Bilbao bombed by German planes in April, 1937 during the Spanish Civil War (8) 13 15th day of March, May, July and October in the ancient Roman calendar (4) 15 and 6 Down 2008 action-comedy film starring Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr (6,7) 17 City in the southern West Bank southwest of Jerusalem (6) 19 James —, Scottish engineer and inventor who improved the steam engine (4) 20 Author of novels Dr Franklin’s Island and Siberia (3,5) 23 Emile —, France rugby union wing; first player to score a try in the Heineken Cup (7) 24 Master of Lucky in 1953 Samuel Beckett stage play Waiting for Godot (5) 25 Port and largest city in Kansai, Japan (5) 26 George Gordon —, poet whose works include When We Two Parted and Beppo (5)
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2 Rainer Maria —, Prague-born poet whose works include Duino Elegies (5) 3 and 22 2007 drama starring Gabe Nevins based on a 2006 novel by Blake Nelson (8,4) 5 Ancient Greek stringed instrument made of a resonating tortoise shell (4) 6 See 15 Across 7 2003 comedy film featuring, directed and co-written by Christopher Guest (1,6,4) 8 2007 drama starring Mena Suvari and Stephen Rea (5) 9 South Korean golfer; 2013 HP Byron Nelson Championship tournament winner (3,4-4) 14 1980 no 2 album by Elvis Costello and the Attractions (3,5) 16 2001 novel by Kevin Sampson (7) 18 — River, US watercourse forming part of the border between Idaho and Oregon (5) 21 Region of west central Italy on the Tyrrhenian Sea (5) 22 See 3 Down
CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS
1 Weekly pay (5) 4 Snapshot (5) 10 On top of or higher than (5) 11 Soft laugh (7) 12 Gradually, progressively (3,2,3) 13 Soft fine feathers (4) 15 Stockings (6) 17 Rook in chess (6) 19 Percussion instrument (4) 20 Prediction (8) 23 Try (7) 24 Major artery (5) 25 Employment (5) 26 Opposite of tails (5)
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2 Great pain (5) 3 Each person (8) 5 Sixty minutes (4) 6 Extract, remove (4,3) 7 Undercarriage (7,4) 8 Fragment (5) 9 Primitive (11) 14 Tear jaggedly (8) 16 Syrupy cough medicine (7) 18 Value, price (5) 21 Pungent (5) 22 Polluted mist (4)