Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword ACROSS
6 City in Gauteng,
South Africa, housing the University of Witwatersrand (12) 8 City in Uppland, Sweden, housing a 15th-century university (7)
9 Albert —, 2007-09 Spain winger at Liverpool FC from 2008-10 (5)
10 1919 novel by
Sax Rohmer (4) 12 Capital of Chhattisgarh, India (6)
14 and 15 Best Director Oscar winner for
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and Amadeus (5,6) 15 See 14 Across 16 See 5 Down 19 Egyptian deity depicted as a man with the head of an ibis or a baboon (5) 21 See 12 Down 22 1953 film drama written, directed by and featuring Edward D Wood Jr in the title roles (4,2,6)
DOWN
1 1994 comedy-drama film starring
Michael Keaton and Glenn Close (3,5) 2 Former kingdom and French protectorate of east Indochina now part of Vietnam (5) 3 Hickory tree of the southern US with edible nuts (5)
4 Romas —, 1992 Olympic discus gold medallist representing Lithuania (7) 5 and 16 Across 1980
stage play by
Sam Shepard (4,4) 6 1949 film comedy starring, co-written and directed by Jacques Tati (4,2,4) 7 African republic; capital Nouakchott (10) 11 Anais —, author of 1964 novel
Collages (3)
12 and 21 Across Actor
who played the title role in 2004 action film Hellboy (3,7) 13 Region of northwest Italy; capital Turin (8) 14 1941 film drama starring
Walter Pidgeon and Joan Bennett based on 1939
Geoffrey Household novel Rogue Male (3,4) 17 Johanna —,
Swiss author of
1881 children’s book Heidi (5) 18 European food fish similar to the turbot (5)
20 Brett —, 1990
Australian PGA Championship winner (4)
Crossword ACROSS
6 Very shortly going to (2,3,5,2) 8 Edible crustacean (7) 9 Squander (5) 10 Virtuous (4)
12 Horse’s fastest pace (6) 14 Sweet-smelling spice (5)
15 Knot (6)
16 Rotate (4)
19 Fertile spot in a desert (5) 21 Well-read, learned (7) 22 Captivity (12)
DOWN
1 Obstinate (8)
2 Landing pier (5) 3 Regretful (5)
4 Frozen figure (7) 5 Bereavement (4) 6 Moral or legal requirement (10) 7 Downcast, disheartened (10) 11 Expected to arrive (3) 12 Alcoholic spirit (3) 13 Unevenly balanced (8) 14 End or conclusion (7) 17 Stop (5)
18 Humorous (5) 20 Japanese wrestling (4)