Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
QUIZWORD CLUES ACROSS
1 See 25 Across 4 Stringed musical instrument with a long, fretted neck and circular body (5) 10 Rod —, 1969 Wimbledon men’s singles tennis championship winner (5) 11 2002 studio album by David Bowie (7) 12 Grigori —, Siberian peasant monk murdered in St Petersburg, Russia in 1916 (8) 13 See 5 Down 15 2013 novel by Clive Cussler with Jack Du Brul (6) 17 North London borough whose administrative headquarters are at Brunswick Park (6) 19 1996 Tony Award for Best Musical winner written by Jonathan Larson (4) 20 Dutch dancer born Margaretha Geertruida Zelle executed as a German spy in 1917 (4,4) 23 West African republic whose capital is Abuja (7) 24 Largest French-speaking city in Belgium (5) 25 and 1 1911 novel by
Edith Wharton (5,5) 26 Joe —, Widnes rugby league centre; 1984 Man of Steel award and Lance Todd Trophy winner (5)
DOWN
2 Adonis —, 1999-2001 WBO Super Flyweight champion (5) 3 Michael —, author of 1982 children’s novel War Horse (8) 5 and 13 Across Glasgow Warriors and Scotland rugby union back-row forward (4,4) 6 Lyndon B —, US president from 1963-69 (7) 7 Blue pigment obtained by powdering natural lapis lazuli (11) 8 Unit of length equal
to 22 yards (5) 9 The —, 1902 piano rag by Scott Joplin used as the theme song for 1973 comedy-drama film The Sting (11) 14 Fred —, Scottish comedian whose credits include BBC TV panel games Have I Got News For You and QI (8) 16 Standard monetary unit of Malaysia (7) 18 Large long-tailed tropical American parrot such as the Military — (5) 21 1892 Sergei Rachmaninoff opera after Aleksander Pushkin’s poem The Gypsies (5) 22 Elaborate accompanied song for solo voice in an opera (4)
CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS
1 Young eel (5) 4 Work out the answer (5) 10 Behave troublesomely (3,2) 11 Risks (7) 12 Become aware or conscious of (8) 13 Single European currency (4) 15 Maltreatment (3-3) 17 Highly-spiced sausage (6) 19 Cards dealt to a player (4) 20 Instantly (2,1,5) 23 Dismiss from consideration (4,3) 24 Senior member (5) 25 Great pain (5) 26 Dwarf planet (5)
DOWN
2 Afterwards (5) 3 Strong black coffee (8) 5 Flow out slowly (4) 6 Wart on the foot (7) 7 Musical instrument (11) 8 Push (5) 9 Mind-boggling (11) 14 Lent lily (8) 16 Fielding position (4,3) 18 Rally to a common cause (5) 21 So far (2,3) 22 Earth’s satellite (4)