Quiz Crossword
ACROSS 1 Clothing (7) 5 A present (4) 7 Tavern (3) 8 Make or become more moderate (4,4) 9 Teacher (5) 10 Unlock (4) 13 Ribbon (4) 14 Rowing blades (4) 8 Fencing sword (4) 19 First-rate (5) 21 Wild or frantic (8) 22 Perform on stage (3) 23 Painful (4) 24 Stockings, socks, etc. (7)
YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION
Across: - 1 Devastate. 6 Cut. 8 Secure. 9 Horse. 10 United. 11 Earnest. 13 Awkward. 16 Vacate. 18 Inset. 19 Nougat. 21 Hue. 22 Tennessee. DOWN 1 Art of flying aircraft (8) 2 Hole in a tyre (8) 3 Turning or able to turn (6) 4 English capital (6) 5 Small ingenious device (6) 6 Young deer (4) 11 Plot a course (8) 12 Of late (8) 15 Light cake (6) 16 Die (6) 17 Digging tools (6) 20 Group of three (4) Down: - 1 Doe. 2 Vault. 3 Slender. 4 Author. 5 Ecarte. 7 Treatment. 8 Squeamish. 12 Advance. 14 Kismet. 15 Autumn. 17 Clubs. 20 Ace.
ACROSS
1 John Grisham novel set in Clanton, Mississippi featuring the character Jake Brigance (1,4,2,4) 9 Peter Carl, Russian goldsmith and jeweller famous for his ornate Easter eggs (7) 10 Former Portuguese colony that is now a Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China (5) 11 Victor, Belgian architect considered to be the originator of Art Nouveau (5) 12 Film for which Peter Finch won a posthumous Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar (7) 13 The … Sea is an arm of the Mediterranean between Greece and Turkey (6) 15 Michael, actor whose film roles include David St Hubbins in This Is Spinal Tap (6) 18 “The …”, Nicholson Baker novel whose central character is Arno Strine (7) 20 Stephen, actor whose film roles include Deacon Frost in Blade (5) 22 The red ring on an archery target (5) 23 New Testament character struck dead for lying (7) 24 Johnny, 1924 and 1928 Olympic men’s 100m freestyle swimming champion (11)
DOWN
2 Small drum used in the Middle Ages to accompany folk-dancing (5) 3 The Sea of … in NW Turkey is linked to the Black Sea by the Bosporus (7) 4 and 7 1951 novel by Graham Greene (3,3,2,3,6) 5 Mountain in the Himalayas that was first climbed by an expedition led by Frank Smythe in 1931 (5) 6 White disaccharide also called milk sugar (7) 7 See 4 8 Inland republic in West Africa whose capital is Ouagadougou (7,4) 14 River in SW France on whose banks Toulouse stands (7) 16 Monk-detective in novels by Ellis Peters (7) 17 Old Testament character whose ass spoke to him (6) 19 Town in N France known for its tapestries that was severely damaged in both World Wars (5) 21 European river that flows through Lake Constance (5)
YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION
Across: - 1 Normandy. 5 Webb. 9 Girl. 10 Delaware. 11 Crazy. 12 Billion. 13 Anton Bruckner. 18 Surabaya. 19 Lahr. 20 Annatto. 21 Balsa. 22 Hook. 23 Berceuse. Down: - 2 Omicron. 3 Milazzo. 4 Drew Barrymore. 6 El Aaiun. 7 Brenner. 8 Garlic. 13 Anspach. 14 Toronto. 15 Naboth. 16 Kildare. 17 Ephesus.