Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
QUIZWORD CLUES ACROSS
6 2009 novel by Michael Connelly (3,9) 8 Either of the two occasions when day and night are of equal length (7) 9 Standard unit of currency of Macedonia (5) 10 Southernmost of the Great Lakes of North America (4) 12 Samuel —, Scottish political reformer whose works include 1859’s Self-help (6) 14 Jan —, 1973 Wimbledon men’s singles tennis championship winner (5) 15 Port in France; capital of Loire-atlantique department (6) 16 Vladimir —, 1956 Olympic 5,000m and 10,000m gold medallist (4) 19 Piece of music composed for a group of nine instruments or singers (5) 21 Pear-shaped fruit with a leathery green or blackish skin (7) 22 English organist, composer of mass Gloria tibi Trinitas, who died in 1545 (4,8)
DOWN
1 1991 film drama starring Jim Metzler, Jennifer Rubin and Kyle Secor (8) 2 Parish in Perth and Kinross, Scotland; former site of the Pictish capital (5) 3 Bettino —, prime minister of Italy from 1983-87 (5) 4 Rachel —, actress who played Irene Adler in 2009 action film Sherlock Holmes (7) 5 Nik —, rock music journalist; author of novels Need and King Death (4)
6 and 18 — and Other Stories, 1944 volume by Katherine Anne Porter (3,7,5) 7 1999 novel by Andy Mcnab (6,4) 11 Hubert —, Dutch painter whose works include a 1905 portrait of Empress Dowager Cixi (3) 12 Term used to describe Champagne of medium sweetness (3) 13 University city in Switzerland on Lake Geneva (8) 14 H R F —, author of 2008 novel Inspector Ghote’s First Case (7) 17 Standard unit of currency of Azerbaijan (5)
18 See 6 Down 20 Jeff —, author of novels Automated Alice and Falling Out Of Cars (4)
CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS
6 Meteor (8,4) 8 Trailblazer (7) 9 Hospital carer (5) 10 Norse god (4) 12 Simple accommodation (6) 14 Bet (5) 15 One of two (6) 16 Thin fog (4) 19 Permitted by law (5) 21 Spray can (7) 22 Ultimately (2,3,4,3)
DOWN
1 Car driver (8) 2 Precipitous (5) 3 Enraged (5) 4 In pieces (7) 5 Den (4) 6 Presumably (10) 7 Athletic contest for women (10) 11 Glass container (3) 12 Flying insect (3) 13 Cutting instrument (8) 14 Rich (7) 17 Soup server (5) 18 Swallow liquid (5) 20 Percussion instrument (4)