Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword ACROSS
1 White crystalline
sugar (7)
7 Yellow-flowered shrub used as an emblem by the Plantagenet kings (5)
8 1984 adventure film starring Jeff Bridges in the title role (7)
9 River in Russia, a tributary of the Kama River upon which Kotelnich stands (6)
11 and 20 Down
Title of the spiritual head of Tibetan Buddhism (5,4)
13 Market town in
South Norfolk on the River Waveney (4)
14 Manuel —, military leader; de facto head of state of Panama from 1983-89 (7)
15 and 5 Down BBC TV sitcom that starred Arthur Lowe (4,4)
16 Nicholas —, 16thcentury playwright who authored the comedy Ralph Roister Doister (5)
17 See 22 Across 21 Independent state in the Persian Gulf whose capital is Al Manamah (7)
22 and 17
Actress who played Kelly Kapoor in US sitcom
The Office (5,6)
23 Ricardo —, Nicaraguan fighter; 2005-06 WBC Light Middleweight champion (7)
DOWN
2 1853 opera by
Giuseppe Verdi (2,8) 3 John Kander and Fred Ebb musical set in 1959 that ran on Broadway from 2007-08 (8)
4 Herring-like food fish whose roe is valued as a delicacy (4)
5 See 15 Across 6 Aquatic bird of Europe, Asia, and North America with dark plumage and a white bill and forehead (4)
9 Lasse —, 1972 and 1976 Olympic 10,000m and 5,000m gold medallist (5)
10 Albert —, German Luftwaffe field marshal general during WWII who died in 1960 (10) 12 Edvard —, Norwegian composer of the incidental music for Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen (5)
13 Alexandra —, US actress who played Blake in 2015 action film San Andreas (8)
18 Emilie —, 2007 Mexican Open singles tennis champion (4) 19 2010 film drama written and directed by Peter Mullan (4) 20 See 11 Across
Crossword ACROSS
1 Military conflict or
struggle (7)
7 Lukewarm (5)
8 Expression of
regret (7)
9 Single-cell
organism (6)
11 Use a pen (5)
13 Romantic
appointment (4)
14 Person fleeing war (7) 15 Business,
company (4)
16 Vulgar (5)
17 Hidden gunman (6)
21 Acrobat’s bar (7)
22 Banquet (5)
23 Satisfied (7)
DOWN
2 Spectre (10)
3 Completion of a normal pregnancy (4,4)
4 Scraps of cloth (4) 5 Broad smile (4)
6 Eight furlongs (4)
9 Proverb (5)
10 In large
quantities (2,3,5)
12 Bid (5)
13 Dilapidated (8)
18 Notion (4)
19 Gaelic (4)
20 Approximately (2,2)