Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
QUIZWORD CLUES
ACROSS
6 2010 comedy-drama film starring Reese Witherspoon and Paul Rudd (3,2,3,4) 8 Don —, London-born boxer who fought Rocky Marciano for the World Heavyweight title in 1955 (7) 9 and 19 Town and resort forming part of the principality of Monaco (5,5) 10 and 2 Down 1983 film comedy starring Rodney Dangerfield (4,5) 12 Franklin —, US president from 1853-57 (6) 14 Dark reddish-brown pigment obtained from the inky secretion of the cuttlefish (5) 15 Long-handled agricultural tool with a curved blade (6) 16 and 21 Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for Champion, The Bad and the Beautiful and Lust for Life (4,7) 19 See 9 Across 21 See 16 Across 22 Finnish driver; 1996-99 World Rally Championship winner (5,7)
DOWN
1 1981 novel by Dick Francis (5,3) 2 See 10 Across 3 Nicholas —, actor who played Marcus Brewer in 2002 comedy-drama film About a Boy (5)
4 Genus of Asian shrubs with white flowers and red berries (7) 5 and 17 Composer of operas The Death of Klinghoffer and Nixon in China (4,5) 6 River in New Jersey and New York, US, that flows into Newark Bay (10) 7 City in North Rhine-westphalia, Germany, north of Cologne (10) 11 Arthur —, journalist born in 1875 best known for The Children’s Encyclopaedia (3) 12 Mammal from which pork is obtained (3) 13 2006 Prix de l’arc de Triomphe winner ridden by Stephane Pasquier (4,4) 14 2007 horror film starring Lindsey Haun and Jack Huston (7) 17 See 5 Down 18 Robert O’hara —, Irish soldier, leader of the first expedition across Australia from south to north, who died in 1861 (5) 20 Marcelo —, 1998 Australian Open singles tennis championship runner-up (4)
CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS
6 Infectious disease (7,5) 8 Tool or implement (7) 9 Wild dog (5) 10 Lightly cooked (4) 12 Spud (6) 14 Elected leader of a town (5) 15 Stay in the same place (6) 16 Betting chances (4) 19 Excessive, unwarranted (5) 21 Abbreviate (7) 22 Sound made by
a telephone (8,4)
DOWN
1 Originated at (4,4) 2 Loud explosion (5) 3 Play for time (5) 4 Go towards (4,3) 5 Intend (4) 6 German dish (10) 7 Simple and straightforward (2-8) 11 Cooking vessel (3) 12 Fizzy drink (3) 13 Screen test (8) 14 Avaricious (7) 17 Savoury jelly (5) 18 Soaked with liquid (5) 20 Fall in drops (4)