Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
QUIZWORD CLUES ACROSS
6 1996 comedy film starring Adam Sandler in the title role (5,7) 8 Wilhelm Conrad —, discoverer of X-rays awarded the 1901 Nobel Prize in Physics (7) 9 See 17 Down 10 Peter —, 17th-century painter whose works include Girl with a Parrot and Two Ladies of the Lake Family (4) 12 2010 novel by Harlan Coben (6)
14 and 21 Federico Garcia Lorca stage play first performed in 1933 (5,7) 15 Jim —, star of 2003 comedy-drama film Bruce Almighty (6) 16 Michaela —, actress who starred in 2018 BBC TV drama series Black Earth Rising (4) 19 11th-century Castilian soldier born Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar (2,3)
21 See 14 Across 22 Best Actor in a Supporting Role Oscar nominee for Doctor Zhivago (3,9)
DOWN
1 Oswald —, German philosopher whose two-volume work The Decline of the West was published in 1918 and 1923 (8) 2 J M —, author of 1907 stage play The Playboy of the Western World (5) 3 Walled city in Tuscany, Italy, housing a 13th-century university (5) 4 British electronics company founded in 1968 by Alan Sugar (7) 5 Official language of Pakistan also spoken in India (4) 6 The —, 2008 film drama starring Jeremy Renner; 2010 Best Picture Oscar winner (4,6) 7 1989 romcom starring Jeff Goldblum and Emma Thompson (3,4,3) 11 Flying insect with a single pair of transparent wings (3) 12 Male swan (3) 13 1953 Benjamin Britten opera commissioned for the coronation of Elizabeth II (8) 14 Tomas —, 2010 Wimbledon singles tennis championship final runner-up (7)
17 and 9 Across The —, 1937 romcom starring Irene Dunne and Cary Grant (5,5) 18 Clifford —, author of stage plays Waiting for Lefty and Clash by Night (5) 20 Waterbird of Europe, Asia and North America with a white bill and forehead (4)
CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS
6 Illiberal (6-6) 8 Not artificial (7) 9 Cuban dance (5) 10 Pleasant (4) 12 Entices (6) 14 Satan (5) 15 Choux finger (6) 16 Settee (4) 19 Rascal (5) 21 Hanging bed of canvas or net (7) 22 Having many uses (5-7)
DOWN
1 Crucial (8) 2 Fret (5) 3 Abundant (5) 4 Swimmer’s breathing tube (7) 5 Judge or consider (4) 6 Simple and straightforward (2-8) 7 Rickety (10) 11 For every (3) 12 Metallic element (3) 13 Rules of behaviour for formal occasions (8) 14 Argue over (7) 17 Definite form (5) 18 Smile smugly (5) 20 Fever (4)