Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword ACROSS
6 City in Gauteng, South Africa, housing the University of Witwatersrand (12)
8 City in Uppland, Sweden, housing a 15th-century university (7)
9 Albert —, 2007-09 Spain winger at Liverpool FC from 2008-10 (5)
10 1919 novel by
Sax Rohmer (4)
12 Capital of
Chhattisgarh, India (6) 14 and 15 Best Director Oscar winner for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and Amadeus (5,6)
15
16
19 Egyptian deity depicted as a man with the head of an ibis or a baboon (5)
See 14 Across See 5 Down 21 See 12 Down 22
1953 film drama written, directed by and featuring Edward D Wood Jr in the title roles (4,2,6)
DOWN
1 1994 comedy-drama film starring Michael Keaton and Glenn Close (3,5)
2 Former kingdom and French protectorate of east Indochina now part of Vietnam (5)
3 Hickory tree of the southern US with edible nuts (5) 4 Romas —, 1992 Olympic discus gold medallist representing Lithuania (7)
5 and 16 Across
1980 stage play by Sam Shepard (4,4) 1949 film comedy starring, co-written and directed by Jacques Tati (4,2,4) African republic; capital Nouakchott (10) Anais —, author of 1964 novel Collages (3) 6 7 11 12
and 21 Across
Actor who played the title role in 2004 action film Hellboy (3,7) 13 Region of northwest
Italy; capital Turin (8) 14 1941 film drama starring Walter Pidgeon and Joan Bennett based on 1939 Geoffrey Household novel Rogue Male (3,4) 17 Johanna —,
Swiss author of 1881 children’s book Heidi (5)
18 European food fish similar to the turbot (5)
20 Brett —, 1990 Australian PGA Championship winner (4)
Crossword ACROSS
6 Very shortly
going to (2,3,5,2)
8 Edible crustacean (7)
9 Squander (5)
10 Virtuous (4)
12 Horse’s
fastest pace (6)
14 Sweet-smelling
spice (5)
15 Knot (6)
16 Rotate (4)
19 Fertile spot
in a desert (5)
21 Well-read, learned (7) 22 Captivity (12)
DOWN
1 Obstinate (8)
2 Landing pier (5)
3 Regretful (5)
4 Frozen figure (7)
5 Bereavement (4)
6 Moral or legal requirement (10)
7 Downcast, disheartened (10)
11 Expected to arrive (3) 12 Alcoholic spirit (3)
13 Unevenly balanced (8) 14 End or conclusion (7) 17 Stop (5)
18 Humorous (5)
20 Japanese wrestling (4)