Quizword & Crossword

Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.

Quizword ACROSS

6 The —, 1943 novel by Ayn Rand (12)

8 Patrik —, 1987 World Championships high jump gold medallist (7)

9 Worm that feeds on the blood or tissues of other animals (5)

10 Jennifer —, author of the novels The Keep and Look at Me (4)

12 1935 musicalcomedy film starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers (3,3)

14 Tom —, tinker in the William Shakespeare play A Midsummer Night’s Dream (5)

15 Chess piece that moves in an L-shaped direction (6)

16 Skirt or coat reaching to below the knee or midcalf (4)

19 Valley in N Argolis, ancient Greece; site of a biennial athletic competition (5)

21 Gough —, prime minister of Australia from 1972-75 (7)

22 and 5 Down 2014 biopic starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Alan Turing (3,9,4)

DOWN

1 Tazio —, motorcycle and motor racing car driver nicknamed The Flying Mantuan who died in 1953 (8)

2 C W J —, England Test cricketer who hit 123 against Pakistan at Lord’s in 1987 (5)

3 1927 film drama starring Clara Bow; the first Best Picture Oscar winner (5)

4 Plant related to the onion cultivated for its edible bulb (7)

5 See 22 Across

6 The —, 1991 comedydrama film starring Robin Williams and Jeff Bridges (6,4)

7 1934 Dashiell Hammett novel whose central characters are Nick and Nora Charles (3,4,3)

11 Small social insect that lives in a formicary (3)

12 New Zealand bird of the honeyeater family with a bluish-green plumage and white tuft under the throat (3)

13 Robert A —, author of the novels Starship Troopers and The Door Into Summer (8)

14 1996 Derby-winning horse (7)

17 Mark —, US author of 1881 novel The Prince and the Pauper (5)

18 City in Lombardy; chief financial centre of Italy (5)

20 Chief island of the Seychelles whose capital is Victoria (4)

Crossword ACROSS

6 Plant type (5,7)

8 Terse (7)

9 Sublime (5)

10 Stupid (4)

12 Married Spanish woman (6)

14 Chops wildly (5)

15 Alleviation (6) 16 Fastener (4)

19 Aggressive behaviour (5)

21 Something very ugly (7)

22 Game played with coins (5-3-4)

DOWN

1 Tranquil (8)

2 Stench (5)

3 Female relative (5)

4 Falls headlong (7)

5 Young sheep (4)

6 Mayonnaise-like dressing (5,5)

7 In spite of everything (10)

11 Dolt (3)

12 Heavens (3)

13 Conventional (8)

14 Bold or dramatic behaviour or talk (7) 17 Royal (5)

18 Prepared (5)

20 Enter (2,2)