Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
QUIZWORD CLUES
ACROSS 3 1995 novel by Gordon Burn (9) 8 Food fish of the northern hemisphere with an elongated body, large head and two dorsal fins (4)
9 and 15 Across Lagoon on the Atlantic coast of SE Florida, US (8,3) 10 Collective noun for a flock of geese (6) 13 Danny —, entertainer who played the title role in 1972 film comedy Our Miss Fred (2,3) 14 Capital of Libya (7) 15 See 9 Across
16 Silvery-white metallic element; symbol U (7) 17 Maria —, winner of the 1959 US National Singles tennis championship (5) 21 — acid, colourless liquid present in the fluid emitted by some ants (6) 22 River forming most of the border of Colombia with Peru also known as the Rio Ica (8) 23 James K —, president of the US from 1845-49 (4) 24 Type of patterned carpet named after a town in East Devon (9) DOWN 1 2 4
5 1991 comedy-drama film starring Steve Martin and Victoria Tennant (1,1,5) 6 Chemical element; symbol Pb (4) 7 Barbara —, author of novels The Minotaur and King Solomon’s Carpet (4) 11 See 15 Down
12 1939 romcom starring Greta Garbo in the title role (9) 14 Tall brightly-coloured knitted cap from Jamaica associated with the Rastafarian movement (3)
15 and 11 1937 novel by Dorothy L Sayers (7,9) 18 Benik —, DR Congo and Wolverhampton Wanderers forward footballer (5) 19 Dick —, 1976 Olympic 5,000m silver medallist for New Zealand (4) 20 Long-haired sheepdog also called a Hungarian Water Dog (4)
CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS
3 Cylindrical sponge cake (5,4) 8 Fibs (4) 9 Rabble (8) 10 Large scissors (6) 13 Area of sand on a shore (5) 14 Female voice (7) 15 Flipper (3) 16 Guilty person (7) 17 Puts or keeps out of sight (5) 21 Of Swiss mountains (6) 22 Towards the bottom of a slope (8) 23 Plant ovule (4) 24 Part of the day (9)
DOWN
1 Sudden vivid memory of a past event (9) 2 By and large (9) 4 Of the poorest quality (5) 5 Crocus (7) 6 Uncommon (4) 7 Raise (4) 11 Period of want (4,5) 12 Unfinished business (5,4) 14 Model for an artist (3) 15 Non-factual literature (7) 18 Volley of gunfire (5) 19 Code word for the letter G (4) 20 Poker stake (4)