Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
QUIZWORD CLUES ACROSS
3 2007 film drama starring Jamie Bell in the title role (6,3) 8 Captain of whaler the Pequod in 1851 Herman Melville novel Moby-Dick (4) 9 Bruce —, 1974 and 1978 Individual Eventing World Championship winner (8) 10 Lake —, body of water in Russia that drains through the River Neva into the Gulf of Finland (6) 13 Tamsin —, actress who played Fran Katzenjammer in Channel 4 sitcom Black Books (5) 14 Dino —, Italian author of 1940 novel The Tartar Steppe (7) 15 In cricket, the side of the field to the left of a right-handed batsman as he faces the bowler (3)
16 and 21 1991 novel by Stephen King (7,6) 17 Geoff —, rugby union lock; 1974 Wales Test debutant against Ireland (5) 21 See 16 Across 22 Fabric made of silk and wool or cotton and rayon used especially for coats (8) 23 Ancient plucked stringed instrument whose body is shaped like a halved pear (4) 24 Dragon in German mythology that keeps guard over treasure (9)
DOWN
1 2007 sci-fi film starring Will Smith and Alice Braga (1,2,6) 2 Anthony —, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1636-45 (3,6) 4 Large desert-living African antelope with long twisted horns (5) 5 The —, 1968 Walt Disney film starring Dean Jones and Michele Lee (4,3) 6 Skirt or coat reaching to below the knee or mid-calf (4) 7 Woodwind instrument whose mouthpiece has a double reed (4) 11 Ruined fishing village on the NW shore of the Sea of Galilee; home of Jesus Christ during the years of his ministry (9) 12 Former municipal borough of Middlesex that became part of the borough of Brent in 1965 (9) 14 God of the earth in Babylonian and Assyrian mythology (3) 15 Cross-bred hunting dog, usually part sighthound (7) 18 Robert —, Best Actor in a Supporting Role Oscar nominee for Written on the Wind (5) 19 Island in Indonesia; capital Denpasar (4) 20 European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body (4)
CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS
3 Easily (2,1,6) 8 Cooked animal flesh (4) 9 Fabric (8) 10 Modernise (6) 13 Female relatives (5) 14 Fall apart or decay (7) 15 Plaything (3) 16 Hide (7) 17 Short saying (5) 21 Counting frame (6) 22 Tepid (8) 23 Sediment of wine (4) 24 Religious building (9)
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1 Hospital vehicle (9) 2 Extremely annoying (9) 4 Domesticates (5) 5 Items used for eating (7) 6 Informer or spy (4) 7 Epochs (4) 11 Hurdles (9) 12 Take back (9) 14 Mountain pass (3) 15 Drinking vessel (7) 18 Third Greek letter (5) 19 Food fish (4) 20 Net (4)