Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
QUIZWORD CLUES ACROSS
1 Publication of the Consumers’ Association that first appeared in October 1957 (5) 4 Mark —, US swimmer who won seven gold medals at the 1972 Olympics (5) 10 Carnivorous mammal of African and Asian wooded regions also called a honey badger (5) 11 Caroline —, Chairman of the Conservative Party from 2007-09 (7) 12 1985 novel by James Kelman (1,7) 13 John F —, US artist whose works include 1885 oil The Poor Man’s Store (4) 15 Tool with a narrow blade held at both ends by a curved handle (3,3) 17 London street that lies between Free Parking and Chance on a UK Monopoly board (6) 19 Island in the Inner Hebrides separated from the Scottish mainland by the Sound of — (4) 20 European secular unaccompanied vocal music form of the 1500s and 1600s (8) 23 Silvery-white metal; symbol Rh (7) 24 Pop music duo; UK 1982 Eurovision Song Contest entrants with One Step Further (5) 25 Bottom-dwelling ray with a flattened diamond-shaped body (5) 26 Lake —, body of water in central Africa at the southern end of the Great Rift Valley (5)
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2 David —, former controller of Radio 2 and Radio 4 who died in 2007 (5) 3 and 21 2003 comedy-drama about the Rylstone & District Women’s Institute (8,5) 5 Amanda —, actress who played Trish Patterson in 2013 comedy film Identity Thief (4) 6 Painting medium for powdered pigments consisting of egg yolk and water (7) 7 Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera first performed in 1875 (5,2,4) 8 City in NE Netherlands; capital of Drenthe province (5) 9 Truman Capote non-fiction novel published in 1966 (2,4,5) 14 1964 children’s book by Colin Thiele (5,3) 16 2001 novel by Wilbur Smith (7) 18 Board game in which players try to transfer pieces from their own to their opponents’ bases (5) 21 See 3 Down 22 Katarina —, 1988 Olympic figure skating gold medallist (4)
CROSSWORD CLUES
ACROSS 1 Maths chart (5) 4 Fragment (5) 10 Greek letter (5) 11 Inactivity (7) 12 Hasten the progress of (8) 13 Organ of flight (4) 15 Lean and muscular (6) 17 Japanese dwarf tree (6) 19 Chooses (4) 20 Nocturnal mammal (8) 23 Inspect carefully (7) 24 Major artery (5) 25 Shuteye (5) 26 Secret hoard (5) DOWN 2 Tear into small pieces (3,2) 3 Make little or light of (4,4) 5 Ship’s company (4) 6 Accomplishes (7) 7 Thirteen (6,5) 8 Pool of money (5) 9 Nitrous oxide (8,3) 14 Deeply moving (8) 16 Sport played at school (7) 18 Horizontal (5) 21 Throws violently (5) 22 Broad (4)