Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword ACROSS
6 1951 biopic subtitled The Story of Rommel starring James Mason in the title role (3,6,3) 8 Chris —, actor who played the title role in 2000 ITV drama series Burnside (7) 9 See 3 Down 10 1847 novel by
Herman Melville (4) 12 Bryan —, actor and director who married actress Nanette Newman in 1955 (6)
14 and 5 Down British musician; 2000 Tony Award Best Original Musical Score winner for Aida (5,4) 15 Name of Charlie Brown’s pet in strip cartoon Peanuts by Charles M Schulz (6) 16 South American palm tree with edible blackish-purple berries (4)
19 Piece of music composed for eight singers (5)
21 Hindu goddess of fortune and prosperity (7)
22 Large mammal living in or around the rivers of sub-Saharan Africa (12)
DOWN
1 1972 Grand National winner ridden by Graham Thorner (4,2,2) 2 Market town in the Scottish Borders at the confluence of the Rivers Teviot and Tweed (5) 3 and 9 Across London-born singer-songwriter and actor who appears on the cover of 1973 album Band on the Run by
Paul McCartney and Wings (5,5) 4 Cheese made in the district of Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, named after a place in Cambridgeshire (7) 5 See 14 Across 6 and 7 1982 debut novel of Isabel Allende (3,5,2,3,7) 7 See 6 Down 11 The —, 1986 horror film starring Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis (3)
12 Eddie —, US vaudeville artist portrayed by Bob Hope in a 1955 biopic (3) 13 1970 UK no 1 single by the
England World Cup Squad ‘70 (4,4)
14 2001 novel by
James Siegel (7) 17 Jurgen —,
Liverpool FC manager at
Borussia Dortmund from 2008-15 (5)
18 City in Tohoku, north Honshu, Japan; an important feudal town in the 8th century (5) 20 The —, 1967 film drama starring
Peter Fonda and
Susan Strasberg (4)
Crossword ACROSS
6 Preliminary (12) 8 Literary pseudonym (3,4) 9 Imitate (5)
10 End of a sleeve (4) 12 Small breed of hound (6)
14 Singing voice (5)
15 Car safety device (3,3) 16 Shoe covering the foot and lower leg (4) 19 Citrus fruit (5) 21 Remedy, set right (7) 22 Unstable situation or plan (5,2,5)
DOWN
1 Represent or mean (5,3) 2 Adult human female (5)
3 Purchaser (5)
4 Stutter (7)
5 Percussion instrument (4)
6 Faultless, perfect (10)
7 Boffins (10)
11 Ask for food or money (3)
12 Wet spongy ground (3) 13 Branch of maths (8) 14 Discolour (7)
17 Evidence (5)
18 Decree (5)
20 Frame of mind (4)