Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword
ACROSS
6 and 15 1963 stage play by John Arden ( 3,9,6) 8 Mammal of
North America with alternating light and dark rings on its tail ( 7)
9 Sculpture, painting or drawing of the dead Christ supported by the Virgin Mary ( 5) 10 Part of the lower back also called the lumbus ( 4)
12 Marine mollusc with a conical shell that clings to rocks ( 6)
14 and 1 Down
1996 action film starring
Keanu Reeves and Morgan Freeman ( 5,8) 15 See 6 Across 16 Greenish- blue colour complementary to red ( 4)
19 The —, 2011 novel by Ruth Rendell ( 5) 21 Commune in
Brittany, France, with a cross channel ferry link to Plymouth ( 7)
22 1855 novel by
Herman Melville subtitled His Fifty Years of Exile ( 6,6)
DOWN
1 See 14 Across 2 See 7 Down
3 American mammal with a black and white coat and bushy tail ( 5)
4 Marine mammal with a beak- like snout ( 7) 5 Arthur —, 1975 Wimbledon singles tennis championship winner ( 4)
6 Old World bird with a brown plumage and speckled wings associated with song The Twelve Days of Christmas ( 6,4)
7 and 2 Samuel Beckett stage play premiered in 1953 featuring characters Vladimir and Pozzo ( 7,3,5)
11 1960 no 1 single by Anthony Newley ( 3) 12 Trygve —,
Secretary- General of the United Nations from 1946- 52 ( 3)
13 City in southwest England housing HMNB Devonport ( 8) 14 London Underground line coloured red on the tube map ( 7) 17 1964- 66 Cheltenham Gold Cup winner ridden by
Pat Taaffe ( 5)
18 City in Uusimaa, Finland, housing the Gallen- Kallela Museum ( 5)
20 1960 UEFA
European Nations’ Cup winners ( inits)
Crossword
ACROSS
6 Meteor ( 8,4)
8 Ugly terrifying being ( 7)
9 Mental picture ( 5) 10 Plunder ( 4)
12 Move about restlessly ( 6)
14 Don ( clothing) ( 3,2) 15 Hardly ever ( 6) 16 Just ( 4)
19 Carpet nails ( 5) 21 Late or delayed ( 7) 22 Crucial ( 3- 9)
DOWN
1 Heavy fall of rain ( 8) 2 Condition ( 5)
3 Irate ( 5)
4 Headache tablet ( 7) 5 Spanish sparkling wine ( 4)
6 Likeness ( 10) 7 Improvement ( 10) 11 Purchase with money ( 3)
12 Bushy- tailed mammal ( 3) 13 Custodian ( 8)
14 Synthetic material ( 7) 17 Remembrance flower ( 5)
18 Oyster’s gem ( 5)
20 Tranquil ( 4)