Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword ACROSS
1 Island north of Zanzibar that produces most of the world’s cloves (5)
7 and 10 NHL team; 2006 Stanley Cup Finals winners (8,10)
8 See 16 Across 10 See 7 Across 12 T E —, British military officer who authored 1926 volume Seven Pillars of Wisdom (8) 14 See 23 Across
16 and 8 2004-07 South Africa national rugby union coach (4,5) 17 James —, actor who played
Uncle Bertie in 1972 family film
The Amazing Mr Blunden (8) 20 Unit of time equal to one billionth of a second (10)
23 and 14 Title of the spiritual head of Tibetan Buddhism (5,4) 24 1940 Walt Disney film featuring conductor Leopold Stokowski (8) 25 1983 film comedy directed by and starring Woody Allen (5)
DOWN
1 Anthony —, author of twelve-volume novel series A Dance to the Music of Time (6)
2 City in Somerset; Latin name Aquae Sulis (4) 3 Cold sea mist or fog off the North Sea (4) 4 1900 opera by Giacomo Puccini (5) 5 Author of novels A Small Country and Return to Hendre Ddu (4,5) 6 Jean-Paul Sartre novel first published in 1938 (6) 9 Leonhard —, 18th-century mathematician noted for his work on the calculus of variation (5) 11 See 18 Down
13 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet (3)
15 and 22 1987 romcom starring Kim Basinger and Bruce Willis (5,4) 16 Opera by
Leos Janacek premiered in 1904 (6)
18 and 11 Frank Wedekind stage play first performed in 1906 (6,9) 19 Lion in the
The Chronicles of Narnia heptalogy by C S Lewis (5) 21 Muse of history in Greek mythology (4) 22 See 15 Down
Crossword ACROSS
1 Garment worn by an artist (5) 7 Not any more (2,6) 8 Room in a roof (5) 10 Type of wine (10) 12 Cross-continental (8) 14 Mend with stitches (4) 16 Bird’s bill (4) 17 Business relations (8) 20 Kept secret (5,5) 23 Work out the answer to (5) 24 Unchanging (8) 25 Armistice (5)
DOWN
1 Horse’s home (6) 2 Stylish (4)
3 Sixty minutes (4) 4 Bedtime drink (5) 5 Problem page editor (5,4) 6 Colouring stick (6) 9 Abyss (5)
11 Very large dog (5,4) 13 Perfect tennis serve (3) 15 Applauds (5) 16 Breakfast and lunch combined (6) 18 Shirt part (6) 19 Unruly children (5) 21 Smallest of a litter (4) 22 Tart, bitter (4)