Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword
ACROSS
1 Pop group who starred in the films A Hard Day’s Night and
Help! (3,7)
8 V —, cricketer whose 2012 West Indies Test debut was against Bangladesh at
Mirpur (7)
9 1900 opera by
Giacomo Puccini (5)
10 Peter —, Scottish painter whose works include White Canoe and Orange
Sunshine (4)
11 and 14 Actress who played Sydney Henshall in BBC TV drama series Cutting It (4,6)
12 Bird of enormous size and power in Arabian legend (3)
14 See 11 Across
15 British unit of capacity equal to eight gallons (6)
18 Minor infringement in tennis requiring a point to be replayed (3)
20 The —, 1967 film drama starring
Peter Fonda and
Susan Strasberg (4)
21 Capital of Norway (4) 23 Person skilled in the Japanese martial art of ninjutsu (5)
24 US state whose capital
is Indianapolis (7)
25 Name given to
W A Mozart’s String Quartet No 19 in
C major of 1785 (10)
DOWN
1 Social insect also
called a white ant (7) 2 Chief Israeli
airline (2,2)
3 Jenny —, winner of the 1995 Perrier Comedy Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe (6)
4 Strong white metallic element; symbol Ti (8)
5 James —, Belgian painter whose works include 1890’s
The Intrigue (5)
6 Houseplant native to southern Africa also known as hen-andchickens (6,5)
7 Songwriterbandleader who acted in films
The Cincinnati Kid and The Blues Brothers (3,8)
13 The —, 1859 novel by
Anthony Trollope (8) 16 The —, 1958 stage play by Brendan Behan (7)
17 Artist of the Venetian School who painted The Rape of Europa and The Death of Actaeon (6) 19 William —, 1992 Olympic 800m gold medallist (5)
22 Main port and commercial capital of Yemen (4)
Crossword
ACROSS
1 Terrifying dreams (10) 8 Collapse inwards (7)
9 Bitterly pungent (5)
10 Front of the
lower jaw (4)
11 Missing (4)
12 Belonging to him (3)
14 Place inside (6)
15 Headscarf (6)
18 By way of (3)
20 Frame of mind (4)
21 Eyelid inflammation (4) 23 Complete, total (5)
24 Gymnast’s costume (7) 25 Break a law or rule (10)
DOWN
1 Diapers (7)
2 Virtuous (4)
3 Minor earthquake (6) 4 Shrub or herbaceous
plant (8)
5 Inner planet (5)
6 Impish (11)
7 Miscellaneous items or
articles (4,3,4)
13 Three-hulled vessel (8) 16 Double-crosses (7)
17 Sharp bend (6)
19 Change (5)
22 Golfer’s warning
cry (4)