Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword ACROSS
6 Long-stemmed clay pipe for smoking tobacco (12) 8 Oblique-angled parallelogram with four equal sides (7) 9 Tall annual grass also
called Indian corn (5) 10 Nestling hawk reared for training in falconry (4) 12 One of the fairies in William Shakespeare play A Midsummer Night’s Dream (6) 14 Juan —, president of Argentina from 1946-55 (5) 15 Yellow-flowered plant of the parsley family whose seeds and feathery leaves are used to flavour food (6) 16 1943 novel by
Colette (4) 19 1965 novel by
Arthur Hailey (5) 21 Tube that conveys inhaled air from the larynx to the bronchi (7) 22 See 6 Down
DOWN 1
German motorway (8) 2 Acronym for the underwater breathing apparatus utilising compressed gas supplied at a regulated pressure (5) 3 1960s dance characterized by gyrations of the arms and hips (5) 4 One of a pair of spiked frames strapped to boots for climbing (7) 5 Supreme goddess in Hinduism synonymous with Shakti (4) 6 and 22 Across The —, 2001 comedy film written, directed by and featuring Woody Allen (5,2,3,4,8) 7 Largest island in the Bismarck Archipelago of Papua New Guinea (3,7) 11 Fish with a long snake-like body and reduced fins (3) 12 Cape —, peninsula in Massachusetts, US, housing the resort of Provincetown (3) Genus of plants in the dogbane family such as the saddle-pod (8) Olivier —, French jockey who rode 1998 Derby winner High-rise (7) Michael —, 1991 Wimbledon singles tennis champion (5) Island in the Pacific Ocean; the world’s smallest republic (5) 20 Any of several small short-necked ducks often with bright plumage (4) 13 14 17 18
Crossword ACROSS DOWN
6 Game played 1 Intimidate (8)
in pubs (3,9) 2 Buffalo (5) 8 Mean, 3 Genetic copy (5)
underhand (3-4) 4 Excellent buy (7) 9 Messy liquid 5 Paradise (4)
substance (5) 6 Possessions (10) 10 Require (4) 7 In one’s own 12 Fails to hit (6) opinion (10) 14 Don (3,2) 11 Merriment (3) 15 One after 12 Cleaning item (3)
the other (2,4) 13 Oriental sword (8) 16 Potter’s 14 Thrive (7)
oven (4) 17 Movies (5) 19 Chews 18 Fly without engine
steadily (5) power (5) 21 Enmity (3,4) 20 Female 22 Mediator (12) relative (4) Solutions in next week’s Sunday Mirror