Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword ACROSS
6 and 22
1973 novel by Kingsley
Amis (3,9,6,6)
8 Rupert —, actor who portrayed
King Charles II in
2004 film drama
Stage Beauty (7) 9 Creature in Greek mythology with the head and trunk of a woman and wings of a bird (5)
10 Mild yellow Dutch cheese (4)
12 Goddess of the crossroads in Greek mythology frequently identified with Artemis and Selene (6) 14 Jean-Paul —, journalist and politician assassinated by Charlotte Corday in 1793 (5)
15 Yasser —, former
PLO Chairman; co-recipient of the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize (6)
16 Will —, author of novels Shark,
The Butt and
Dorian (4)
19 Jan —, prime minister of South Africa from 1939-48 (5)
21 Wife of Antipholus of Ephesus in
William Shakespeare play The Comedy of Errors (7)
22 See 6 Across
DOWN
1 River in Guyana flowing north to the Atlantic at Georgetown (8)
2 Capital of Gard, France, whose Roman remains include the Pont du Gard aqueduct (5) 3 Fourth letter in the Greek alphabet (5)
4 Line on a map connecting places having equal rainfall (7) 5 River in Sussex that reaches the English Channel at Shoreham-by-Sea (4) 6 1696 stage play by John Vanbrugh (3,7) 7 The —, 2001 novel by Jasper Fforde (4,6) 11 Flying mammal such as the Soprano pipistrelle (3)
12 Son of Noah and father of Canaan in the Old Testament (3) 13 Capital of South Australia (8)
14 Nigel —, winner of the 1992 Formula 1 World Drivers’ Championship (7)
17 Plant of the aster family with yellow button-like flowers (5) 18 James —, actor who played Chief Supt Strange in ITV series Inspector Morse (5) 20 1969 science fiction novel by
Philip K Dick (4)
Crossword ACROSS
6 Portable two-way radio (6-6) 8 Motives (7)
9 Wait on (5) 10 Skinny (4)
12 Hat type (6)
14 Bet (5)
15 Rue (6)
16 Fastener (4) 19 Philosophy of reasoning (5)
21 Allow (7)
22 Outdated term for babies joined at birth (7,5)
DOWN
1 Likable or gratifying (8) 2 Buffalo (5)
3 Secret hoard (5) 4 Adhesive strip for cuts (7)
5 Jetty (4)
6 Form of industrial action (4-2-4)
7 In spite of everything (10) 11 Floor covering (3)
12 Hardly any (3)
13 Surpass, exceed (8) 14 Receive gladly (7) 17 Banquet (5)
18 Condition (5)
20 Acquire (4)