Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword ACROSS 1 and 20 Down
2010 novel by Chris Ryan (3,4,4) 7 and 22 2014 US Open men’s singles tennis championship winner (5,5) 8 2nd-century astronomer, mathematician and geographer whose works include Optics (7) 9 Grass such as wheat or corn whose grains are used as food (6) 11 1979 sci-fi film starring Tom Skerritt and Sigourney Weaver (5) 13 Meteorological unit of measurement used to calculate cloud cover (4) 14 Uncharged elementary particle with a mass nearly equal to that of the proton (7) 15 and 17 1997-2002 US television series starring Calista Flockhart, Greg Germann and Jane Krakowski (4,6) 16 Julian —, Exeter Chiefs and former Leicester Tigers flanker (5)
17 See 15 Across
21 F M M —, West Indies Test cricketer who made 261 against England in Nottingham in 1950 (7)
22 See 7 Across
23 — College, Cambridge; women’s educational establishment founded in 1871 (7)
DOWN 2 1984 Booker-McConnell Prize-winning novel by Anita Brookner (5,2,3)
3 City on the River Nore in Leinster, Republic of Ireland, housing St Canice’s Cathedral (8) 4 Capital of Peru (4)
5 and 6 Paul Desmond jazz composition recorded by The Dave Brubeck Quartet in 1959 (4,4) 6 See 5 Down 9 and 13 Down 1972 film comedy featuring Kenneth Williams as Sir Bernard Cutting (5,2,6) 10 English football club; 1982 European Cup Final winners (5,5) 12 Small Old World game bird with long pointed wings (5)
13 See 9 Down 18 Soft creamy white cheese similar to Camembert (4) 19 Suzy —, actress who played Edie Finneran in 1995 film thriller The Usual Suspects (4) 20 See 1 Across Crossword ACROSS 1 Four-sided figures (7) 7 Indelible mark (5) 8 Dead body of an animal (7) 9 Relaxed confidence (6) 11 Touches down (5) 13 Small and weak (4) 14 Planet (7) 15 Clenched hand (4) 16 Glazing paste (5) 17 Official population count (6) 21 Skyline (7) 22 Opposite side of heads (5) 23 Lodger (7) DOWN 2 Period of enforced isolation (10) 3 Mishap (8) 4 Compass point (4)
5 Halt (4)
6 Code word for the letter K (4) 9 Photo book (5) 10 Italian soup (10) 12 Rotates (5) 13 Strange (8) 18 Undiluted (4) 19 Unsightly (4) 20 Extinct bird (4)