Quizword & Crossword

Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.

Quizword ACROSS

1 Capital of Vaucluse, France; seat of the papacy from 1309-77 (7)

7 and 22 Asian republic; capital Pyongyang (5,5)

8 Village in South Ayrshire, Scotland; birthplace of poet Robert Burns (7)

9 Warren —, actor who played Dim in 1971 film drama A Clockwork

Orange (6)

11 The —, 1968 BBC TV children’s series created and written by Michael Bond (5) 13 River that flows into Morecambe Bay at Fleetwood (4)

14 Region of Greece in the central Peloponnese; capital Tripoli (7)

15 Island in the English Channel whose two main parts are linked by the isthmus La Coupee (4)

16 Heather —, 1976 and 1979 World Open squash champion (5) 17 and 10 Down

Rugby union scrum-half; 2012

New Zealand Test debutant against Scotland (6,4-6)

21 David —, politician who shared the 1998 Nobel Peace Prize with John Hume (7) 22 See 7 Across 23 Coral island of Japan administered by the US from 1945-72 (7)

DOWN

2 Real Club —, venue in Cadiz, Spain of the 1997 Ryder Cup golf competition (10)

3 Brightly coloured songbird with a stout beak such as the Pine — or Collared — (8) 4 Amorphous form of hydrated silica used as a gemstone (4)

5 Heinrich —, winner of the 1972 Nobel Prize in Literature (4)

6 and 20

2009 action film starring Chris Pine as James T Kirk (4,4) 9 Charles —, US golfer; winner of the 1971 Masters Tournament (5)

10 See 17 Across 12 Capital of Ghana (5) 13 1988 novel by

Ian Rankin (8)

18 Elijah —, actor who played the title role in 1994 comedydrama film North (4) 19 Nicolas —, director of the films Two Deaths, Bad Timing and

Track 29 (4)

20 See 6 Down

Crossword ACROSS

1 Versus (7)

7 Oyster’s gem (5)

8 Tummy (7)

9 Done without

delay (6)

11 Maliciousness (5)

13 Inter (4)

14 Convert into

reusable material (7) 15 Verge (4)

16 Hard outer part of

bread (5)

17 Hearsay (6)

21 Partly cook by

simmering (7)

22 Flashlight (5)

23 Greek restaurant (7)

DOWN

2 Energy,

enthusiasm (3-2-3-2) 3 Puerile (8) 4 Covering for the

foot (4)

5 Perceive

sounds (4)

6 Perambulator (4) 9 Small change (5) 10 Authorisation to

do something (10) 12 Exclusive news

story (5)

13 Tolerable (8)

18 Halt (4)

19 Skin irritation (4) 20 Maori war

chant (4)