Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword ACROSS
1 HC —, author whose novels, including Mufti and Ronald Standish, were published under the name Sapper (7) 7 and 18 Down Actor who played Pte Walker in BBC TV sitcom Dad’s Army (5,4) 8 and 9 Prime minister of Pakistan from 1988-90 and 1993-96 (7,6)
9 See 8 Across 11 Berhane —, 2003 World Championships 10,000m gold medallist (5) 13 Ivan —, actor and voice of puppet Basil Brush who died in 2000 (4) 14 Either of the two occasions when day and night are of equal length (7) 15 and 21 1955-57 Broadway show by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross; 1956 Tony Award for Best Musical winner (4,7) 16 and 19 Down 1978 Commonwealth 5,000m gold medallist (5,4) 17 and 23 1947 opera by Benjamin Britten (6,7)
21 See 15 Across 22 See 4 Down
23 See 17 Across
DOWN
2 US actress who played Cora Lijek in 2012 film drama Argo (4,6) 3 French actress who played the title role in 2016 fantasy film Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (3,5)
4 and 22 Across
Spanish road cyclist; 1973 Tour de France winner (4,5) 5 City in Somerset; Latin name Aquae Sulis (4)
6 and 20 2002-04 Cheltenham Gold Cup winner ridden by
Jim Culloty (4,4) 9 2009 film comedy starring Sacha Baron Cohen in the title role (5) 10 2001 novel by Tess Gerritsen (3,7) 12 Ancient measure based on the length of the forearm (5) 13 African bird such as the yellow-billed — or red-billed — (8) 18 See 7 Across 19 See 16 Across 20 See 6 Down
Crossword ACROSS
1 Prime cut of beef (7) 7 Poisonous (5) 8 Swiftly (2,5) 9 Be extremely and uncritically fond of (4,2) 11 Small biting insects (5) 13 Takes a chair (4) 14 Italian wine (7) 15 Hit with the foot (4) 16 Thick (5) 17 Irritable and curt (6) 21 Frozen block added to drinks (3,4)
22 Cricket stick (5) 23 Fish-eating birds (7)
DOWN
2 Modulation of the voice (10) 3 Make-up applied to the mouth (8) 4 Notion (4) 5 Stringed toy (2-2) 6 Code word for the letter M (4) 9 Remote-controlled pilotless aircraft (5) 10 Apparently (10) 12 Young female horse (5) 13 Device fitted to a gun (8) 18 Singing voice (4) 19 Ceremonial splendour (4) 20 Top cards (4)