Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword
ACROSS
1 2012 comedy-horror film starring Alicia Silverstone and
Krysten Ritter (5)
7 City in Brazil housing the Autodromo
Jose Carlos Pace F1 racetrack (3,5) 8 George —, Manchester-born actor who played Professor Moriarty in 1939 film drama The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (5) 10 Arnold —, Austrian composer of 1912 musical melodrama Pierrot Lunaire (10) 12 Port in southeast Spain on the Costa Blanca (8) 14 Tobias —, German golfer; 2002 TNT
Dutch Open tournament winner (4) 16 See 16 Down 17 Georges —, French singer-songwriter who wrote 1947 novel La lune ecoute aux portes (8)
20 Richard —, comedy actor who played Godber in 1970s BBC TV sitcom Porridge (10) 23 Small town in Flintshire, Wales, noted for its 13th-century ruined castle (5)
24 1991 action film starring Denzel Washington and John Lithgow (8) 25 The —, 1965 horror film starring Peter Cushing and Patrick Wymark (5)
DOWN
1 Breed of Hungarian hunting dog with a rusty-gold coat (6)
2 City in southwest Hungary on the slopes of the Mecsek mountain range (4) 3 US city in east-central Texas on the
Brazos River (4)
4 Nigel —, Aston Villa goalkeeper who replaced Jimmy Rimmer in the 1982 European Cup Final (5) 5 The —, final part of
The Oresteia by Aeschylus named after the Erinyes in Greek mythology (9) 6 Feline animal also called a puma (6)
9 The —, 1941 novel by James Hanley (5) 11 Alfred —, director of film thrillers Sabotage and Saboteur (9)
13 God of war in
Norse mythology (3) 15 Jeff —, West Bromwich Albion 1968 FA Cup Final winning scorer against Everton (5)
16 and 16 Across English golfer; 2011 BMW Italian Open tournament winner (6,4)
18 Maria —, actress who played the title role in 1956 film drama Gervaise (6) 19 Tree with thin peeling bark such as the silver — or yellow — (5) 21 Antony —, actor who played Dr Moth in
1998 comedy-drama film Shakespeare in Love (4)
22 One of a number of small creatures in the Star Wars film series who live on the moon of Endor (4)
Crossword
ACROSS
1 Very light wood (5) 7 Tree-shaped vegetable (8) 8 Bitterly pungent (5) 10 Finish for external walls (6-4) 12 Recuperation (8) 14 Betting chances (4)
16 Explosive device (4) 17 Children’s game (8) 20 Pair of glasses (10) 23 First game
for a team (5)
24 Person living
in a house (8)
25 Hand covering (5)
DOWN
1 Drinking vessel (6)
2 Miss out (4)
3 Type of racehorse (4) 4 Threaded fastener (5) 5 Perforated pans (9) 6 Wealth (6)
9 Search deeply (5) 11 Business done online (1-8)
13 Fish eggs (3)
15 Velocity (5)
16 Clergyman (6)
18 Pointed tuftlike beard (6) 19 Paces (5)
21 Masticate (4)
22 Vend (4)