Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword
ACROSS
6 1974 novel by
Laurens van de Post (1,3-3,5) 8 Mediterranean variety of wild marjoram (7)
9 French balloonist born Gaspard-Felix Tournachon credited with having taken the first aerial photographs in 1858 (5)
10 Peter —, actor who played Paul Ryman in BBC TV sitcom
Ever Decreasing Circles (4)
12 and 6 Down 1963 stage musical devised by Joan Littlewood and Theatre
Workshop (2,4,1,6,3)
14 S B —, India Test cricketer who took 5-142 against Bangladesh in
Dhaka in 2000 (5) 15 2008 romcom starring Jim Carrey and
Zooey Deschanel (3,3) 16 City in Uttar Pradesh, India, housing the
Taj Mahal (4)
19 1964-66
Cheltenham Gold Cup winner ridden by
Pat Taaffe (5)
21 The —, 1963 semi-autobiographical novel by Sylvia Plath published under pseudonym
Victoria Lucas (4,3)
22 1993 comedy-drama film starring
Alan Arkin and
Matt Craven (6,6)
DOWN
1 Francois —, French author of 16th-century pentalogy The Life of Gargantua and of Pantagruel (8)
2 Any of the 12 broad-faced grinding teeth in man (5)
3 See 11 Down
4 Vessel that won the Louis Vuitton
Cup and America’s
Cup in 2003 (7)
5 Soviet surface-to-surface missile used in the Gulf War (4)
6 See 12 Across
7 1949 novel by
Josephine Tey (4,6)
11 and 3 Rugby union full-back at
London Wasps from 1997-2000 (3,5) 12 SI unit of electrical resistance (3)
13 2016 Olympics individual field event won by Derek Drouin and Ruth Beitia (4,4) 14 2016 Olympics individual field event won by Thomas Rohler and Sara Kolak (7) 17 Tropical tree whose dark hard wood is used for cabinetwork (5) 18 Language of which Norwegian linguist Knut Bergsland produced a comprehensive dictionary in 1994 (5) 20 Russell —,
2010 Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Award winner (4)
Crossword
ACROSS 6 Evergreen flowering shrub (12) 8 Short rest (3-4)
9 Mental picture (5)
10 Notion (4)
12 Empty (6)
14 Trite (5)
15 Small ingenious device (6)
16 Give or send forth (4) 19 Furious (5) 21 Shoulder bag for school books (7)
22 After noon (12)
DOWN
1 Brow (8)
2 Helicopter blade hub (5) 3 Blood vessels (5)
4 Senior naval officer (7) 5 Unconscious state (4) 6 Kitchen item (7,3) 7 Athletic contest of seven events (10)
11 Floor covering (3) 12 Delivery vehicle (3) 13 Upholstered seat for one (8)
14 Below (7)
17 Thing of value (5) 18 Earthenware beer mug (5)
20 Particle of matter (4)