Quizword & Crossword

Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.

Quizword ACROSS

6 and 12 Down 1970s ITV sitcom starring Irene Handl and Wilfred Pickles (3,3,4,2,3) 8 See 13 Down 9 Textile fabric made from wood pulp (5) 10 1935 opera by

Alban Berg (4) 12 1996 novel by

Patrick Mcgrath (6) 14 Jochen —, posthumous winner of the 1970 F1 World Drivers’ Championship (5) 15 Sid —, US comedian who played Coach Calhoun in 1978 film musical Grease (6) 16 Poem by Allen Ginsberg first performed in 1955 (4) 19 River that formed the ancient boundary between Brecknockshire and Carmarthenshire (5) 21 Sea of —, body of water in NW Turkey linked to the Black Sea by the Bosporus (7) 22 1984 and 1988 Olympic men’s 110m hurdles gold medallist (5,7)

DOWN

1 Fulke —, poet and dramatist; Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1614-21 (8) 2 1953 film western starring Alan Ladd in the title role (5) 3 Tony —, UK prime minister from 1997-2007 (5) 4 Highest mountain in

the world (7) 5 and 17 1999 comedy-drama film starring Kate Winslet and Harvey Keitel (4,5) 6 1981 novel by Dan Kavanagh aka Julian Barnes (6,4) 7 1945 George Orwell novel subtitled A Fairy Story (6,4) 11 Pyramidal coniferous

tree (3) 12 See 6 Across 13 and 8 Across Italian artist and inventor whose works include paintings Mona Lisa and The Last Supper (8,2,5) 14 Italian painter whose works include 1503 oil St Jerome Punishing the Heretic Sabinian (7) 17 See 5 Down 18 Standard monetary

unit of Denmark (5) 20 Chess piece also called

a castle (4)

Crossword ACROSS

6 Artist’s tool (7,5) 8 Entourage (7)

9 Weird (5) 10 Cupid (4)

12 Sorcerer (6) 14 Unspoken (5) 15 See the world (6) 16 Desire to

scratch (4) 19 Snake poison (5) 21 Arch of hair on the forehead (7) 22 Again and

again (12)

DOWN

1 Overabundance (8) 2 Daring feat (5) 3 Cut off physically (5) 4 Receive by succession (7) 5 At or from a great distance (4) 6 Observant (10) 7 To go first (4,3,3) 11 Friend (3) 12 Toupee (3) 13 Star-shaped character (8) 14 White ant (7) 17 Horse controls (5) 18 Wading bird (5) 20 Inert gas (4)