Quizword & Crossword

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

Quizword

ACROSS

6 Debut novel by

Edith Wharton, written between 1876-77 (4,3,5)

8 and 15

President of the US from 1929-33 (7,6)

9 Rene —, actress whose roles include Karen Flores in 1995 crime film Get

Shorty (5)

10 Another name for

Irish Gaelic (4)

12 US river rising in Kansas that joins the Arkansas River near Muskogee, Oklahoma (6)

14 2003 novel by

Chris Ryan (5)

15 See 8 Across

16 The —, 1967 film drama starring Peter Fonda and Susan Strasberg (4)

19 Higher scoring of two sets of rings on an archery target (5)

21 and 22

18th-century French finance minister after whom a type of paper shadow portrait is named (7,2,10)

DOWN

1 Strong black coffee made by forcing steam through ground beans (8)

2 2006 film drama starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett (5) 3 Clifford —, author of the stage plays Waiting for Lefty and Clash by Night (5)

4 Rugby union lock whose 2012 Wales Test debut was against Scotland (3,4)

5 Ancient Egyptian female fertility goddess usually depicted with a cow’s horns (4)

6 Gabriel —, German physicist who invented the mercury thermometer (10)

7 Layer of the earth’s atmosphere that lies above the mesosphere (10)

11 Bobby —, ice hockey player who won the James Norris

Memorial Trophy from 1968-75 (3)

12 Michel —, French marshal executed for treason in 1815 (3)

13 2005 sci-fi film starring Nathan Fillion and Gina Torres (8)

14 US state whose capital

is Atlanta (7)

17 River in Hades in Greek mythology that caused forgetfulness in those who drank its waters (5)

18 Close-textured fabric of cotton, silk or spun rayon woven with lengthwise ribs (5)

20 Large Old World tree of the mahogany family whose bark is used to make a tonic (4)

Crossword

ACROSS

6 Planned

beforehand (12)

8 Vague (7)

9 Deduce (5)

10 Bucket (4)

12 Plain-spoken (6)

14 Conspiracy (5)

15 Repentant (6)

16 Man-eating

giant (4)

19 Entice (5)

21 Branch of

maths (7)

22 Very small amount or margin (5,7)

DOWN

1 Sweat (8)

2 Player’s first game (5)

3 Words of an actor’s part (5)

4 Chief city (7)

5 Red meat (4)

6 Success, wealth (10)

7 Track suitable for riding horses (6,4)

11 Close friend (3)

12 Popular pet (3)

13 Drudge (8)

14 Dessert or sweet sauce (7)

17 Brazilian dance (5)

18 Concur (5)

20 Miserly, ungenerous (4)