Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword
ACROSS
6 and 21 1866 novel by George Eliot (5,4,3,7) 8 2007 film drama starring Claire Danes and Toni Collette (7) 9 Swiss grated potato pancake sometimes flavoured with bacon (5)
10 Type of wooden or wooden-soled shoe (4) 12 Egyptian goddess depicted as a woman with the head of a cow (6)
14 Sabine —, 1990 and 1994 European Championships heptathlon gold medallist (5)
15 and 12 Down Presenter of BBC TV children’s series Blue Peter from 1997-2008; wife of writer Charlie Brooker (6,3)
16 Asian republic; capital Tehran (4) 19 Common —, medium-sized bird that sleeps on the wing (5) 21 See 6 Across
22 Part of the Atlantic Ocean south of, and adjoining, the
Barents Sea and Greenland Sea (9,3)
DOWN
1 Variety of fluorite associated with the village of Castleton, Derbyshire (4,4)
2 Plant of the primrose family with small drooping pale yellow flowers (5) 3 Kingdom in the southwest Pacific; capital Nuku’alofa (5) 4 1984 sci-fi film starring Jeff Bridges in the title role (7) 5 Jean —, author of novels Good Morning, Midnight and Wide Sargasso Sea (4) 6 1995 comedy-drama film starring
Meg Ryan and
Kevin Kline (6,4) 7 — grass, aromatic plant of South Asia yielding an essential oil (10)
11 River of North Yorkshire that flows to the Swale to form the Ouse (3)
12 See 15 Across 13 1863 novel by
Charles Reade (4,4) 14 The —, 1987 film drama starring
Matt Dillon and
Diane Lane (3,4) 17 Melvyn —, author of novels Crystal Rooms and
Now is the Time (5) 18 Large desert-living African antelope with long twisted horns (5)
20 2008 animated film starring the voice talent of
John Cusack in the title role (4)
Crossword
ACROSS
6 Bus with no upstairs (6-6)
8 Sore (7)
9 Greek letter (5)
10 Port of western Scotland (4)
12 Begin a journey (3,3) 14 One who puts money away (5) 15 Happenings (6)
16 Eight furlongs (4) 19 Light beer (5)
21 Bomb holes (7) 22 Source of light (12)
DOWN
1 Picture in the mind’s eye (8) 2 Steep or vertical rock face (5) 3 Confuse (5)
4 Month (7)
5 Lake (4) 6 Presumably (10) 7 Wrestling hold (4-6) 11 Domestic fuel (3) 12 Stitch (3)
13 Liquid used in cookery (5,3) 14 Breastbone (7) 17 Bitterly pungent (5) 18 Death-dealing (5) 20 Precious metal (4)