Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword
ACROSS 3 Town in New Mexico, US, where the first atomic bomb was developed (3,6) 8 River of central England flowing to the River Severn at Tewkesbury (4) 9 Town in Thuringia, Germany; birthplace of composer Johann Sebastian Bach (8) 10 Graffiti artist and painter whose works include 2018’s Love is in the Bin (6) 13 Kelly —, model-actress who played Sophia Rossellini in 2004 comedy-drama film School for Seduction (5) 14 See 21 Across
15 Ken —, US television chef whose books include Travels with a Hot Wok (3) 16 City in eastern Cuba; first capital of the country (7) 17 Michael —, 1988 Olympic 200m butterfly swimming gold medallist (5)
21 and 14 Across 1942 film in a comedy series starring Bob Hope, Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour (4,2,7) 22 Staff carried by Hermes in classical mythology (8) 23 Emily —, US author of 1922 book Etiquette The Blue Book of Social Usage (4) 24 Willem —, Abstract Expressionist painter whose works include 1955’s Gotham News (2,7)
DOWN 1 2000 romcom starring Hugh Laurie and Joely Richardson (5,4) 2 Glasgow-born British army lieutenant-general mortally wounded in the Battle of Corunna in 1809 (4,5) 4 Yellow-flowered North American plant such as the smooth — (5) 5 Third son of David in the Old Testament (7) 6 Thomas —, 18th-century English composer noted for his setting of Shakespearean songs (4)
7 2006 musical film drama starring Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova (4) 11 Portable box-shaped instrument of the reed organ family (9) 12 1929 novel by Sinclair Lewis (9) 14 Large extinct flightless bird of New Zealand (3) 15 Hans —, portraitist and court painter to Henry VIII who died in 1543 (7) 18 In criminal law, the act of intentionally setting fire to property for some improper reason (5) 19 Cultivated variety of cabbage with crinkled leaves (4) 20 National style of wrestling of Japan (4)
Crossword
ACROSS 3 Traveller on a bus (9) 8 Not any (4) 9 Busy (8) 10 Haphazard (6) 13 Bedtime drink (5) 14 Pistol case (7) 15 Loud continuous noise (3) 16 Paper hankies (7) 17 Grain husks (5) 21 Badger (6) 22 Final in a series or process (8) 23 DNA unit (4) 24 Body spray (9)
DOWN 1 Complex (9) 2 No matter what (2,3,4) 4 Minute particles (5) 5 Part cut off (7) 6 Pinches sharply (4) 7 Always (4) 11 Ruse (9) 12 Skilled workers (9) 14 Belonging to him (3) 15 Total loss of hope (7) 18 Lustre (5) 19 Snooker ball colour (4) 20 Feral (4)