Quizword & Crossword

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

ACROSS

6 Alaska-set 1945 film comedy in a series starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Dorothy

Lamour (4,2,6)

8 US state; capital

Indianapolis (7)

9 Tourist island of the Balearics in the Mediterranean (5)

10 Rod —, entertainer associated with puppet Emu who died in 1999 (4)

12 Richard —, hero of John Buchan novels The Thirty-Nine Steps and Greenmantle (6) 14 Tom —, actor who succeeded Jon Pertwee as the Doctor in BBC series Doctor Who (5)

15 1979 novel by Nelson DeMille and Thomas Block (6)

16 One of the basic patterns of the human fingerprint (4) 19 Medieval stringed instrument resembling the violin (5)

21 Maurice —, 19th-century French physician after whom a condition affecting blood supply is named (7)

22 Pierre-Augustin

Caron de —, French dramatist whose works include 1767’s Eugenie (12)

DOWN

1 City in central Myanmar on the Irrawaddy

River (8)

2 Small Eurasian mammal closely related to the weasel (5)

3 Xavier —, Girona, Spainborn bandleader who appeared in films Bathing Beauty and You Were Never Lovelier (5) 4 Standard monetary unit

of Venezuela (7)

5 Nocturnal flightless bird

of New Zealand (4)

6 Standard monetary unit of Germany from 1924-48 (10)

7 London-born celebrity chef who appeared on 2008 BBC TV series Strictly Come

Dancing (4,6)

11 Longest river in

Scotland (3)

12 Adult female of the

domestic fowl (3)

13 1979 film drama starring Sally Field in the Oscarwinning title role (5,3)

14 God of wine in Roman

mythology (7)

17 Dora —, actress who played Amber Spottiswood in 1966 film comedy The Great St Trinian’s Train Robbery (5)

18 Andrea —, 1975 European Indoor Championships 60m gold medallist (5) 20 Max —, World Heavyweight boxing champion from

1934-35 (4)