Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword
ACROSS
6 and 12 1977 action and comedy film starring Burt Reynolds and Sally Field (6,3,3,6) 8 Bacterial disease also known as lockjaw or trismus (7) 9 US state; capital Boise (5) 10 Biblical king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (4) 12 See 6 Across 14 Any of the separate parts of the calyx of a flower (5) 15 Tree with heart-shaped leaves and pinkish-red flowers such as the eastern — or western — (6) 16 Small constellation in the northern hemisphere containing the star Vega (4) 19 Anke —, 1996 Australian Open singles tennis championship runner-up (5) 21 Any of numerous fish with whisker-like barbels around the mouth such as the Mekong giant — (7) 22 1999 Stanley Kubrick film drama starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman (4,4,4)
DOWN
1 City in Egypt at the north end of the Suez Canal (4,4) 2 and 3 Stand-up comedian and actor who played Grizzo in ITV series Bad Move (5,5) 3 See 2 Down 4 See 11 Down 5 Fast-running flightless bird of South America (4) 6 1979 opera by Philip Glass loosely based on the life of Mahatma Gandhi (10) 7 Goat cheese made in Burgundy in the form of a cylinder wrapped with a chestnut leaf and tied with raffia (10) 11 and 4 Dark brown butterfly with orange bands whose caterpillar feeds on nettles (3,7) 12 and 20 1995 action-comedy film starring Martin Lawrence and Will Smith (3,4) 13 1996 action film starring Sylvester Stallone and Amy Brenneman (8) 14 White crystalline sweet carbohydrate; chief component of cane or beet sugar (7) 17 Town in Vicenza, Italy, east of Lake Garda associated with the wool industry (5) 18 Danielle —, author of novels Dangerous Games and Against All Odds (5) 20 See 12 Down
Crossword ACROSS
6 Short poem for children (7,5) 8 Nonsense (7) 9 List of jurors (5) 10 Reflection of sound waves (4) 12 Of digestion (6) 14 Highland games log (5) 15 Technical language (6) 16 Door handle (4) 19 Kids’ magazine (5) 21 Obscure, uncertain (7) 22 Cheerfully unconcerned (5-2-5)
DOWN
1 Short pause for rest (8) 2 With preparations complete (5) 3 Sorts, kinds (5) 4 Book division (7) 5 Portent (4) 6 Toad variety (10) 7 Bramble (10) 11 Shade of brown (3) 12 For every (3) 13 Inclination (8) 14 Abstract or general idea (7) 17 Steps on a ladder (5) 18 Skin covering the head (5) 20 Pork or lamb, eg (4)