Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword ACROSS
1 Natalya —, 2012 Olympic 400m hurdles gold medallist (7)
7 P —, India Test cricketer who took 5-106 against England at Lord’s in 2011 (5) 8 Anthony —, Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar winner for The Silence of the Lambs (7) 9 and 17 1947 novel by Compton Mackenzie (6,6)
11 See 18 Down
13 Male of a red deer aged five years old or more (4) 14 1988 children’s novel by Roald Dahl (7) 15 Lake —, largest natural lake in Wales (4) 16 Woollen fabric resembling felt used for the tops of billiard tables (5) 17 See 9 Across 21 Disease of children caused by a deficiency of vitamin D (7)
22 The —, Test cricket series between England and Australia (5)
23 and 4 Down 2005 Cheltenham Gold Cup winner ridden by Barry Geraghty (7,4)
DOWN
2 2019 Australian Open women’s singles tennis championship winner (5,5) 3 Seaport and capital of Kanagawa Prefecture, Honshu, Japan (8)
4 See 23 Across
5 Eric —, rugby union wing; 1995 New Zealand Test debutant against Wales (4)
6 Willie —,
MLB player nicknamed The Say Hey Kid; New York Giants 1954 World Series winner (4) 9 Marine gastropod mollusc such as the waved — (5) 10 Country of Central Asia; capital Bishkek (10) 12 Madeleine —, actress who played Julie Moore in 2002 film drama We Were Soldiers (5) 13 7th-century BC Hebrew minor prophet (8)
18 and 11 Across 2003 novel by Michael Connelly (4,5) 19 Basic monetary unit of Cambodia (4)
20 Limestone mountain in central Switzerland between Lakes Lucerne, Lauerz and Zug (4)
Crossword ACROSS
1 Item for reducing swelling (3,4) 7 Star sign (5) 8 Went in (7) 9 Writing desk (6) 11 Player’s first game (5) 13 Ballet skirt (4) 14 World language (7) 15 Touch with the lips (4) 16 Senseless (5) 17 Squanders (6) 21 Liquorice flavouring (7)
DOWN
2 Hexagonal musical instrument (10) 3 Takes for granted (8) 4 Snooker rods (4) 5 Married German woman (4) 6 This place (4) 9 Round open container (5) 10 Severe, harsh (10) 12 Man-eating giants (5) 13 Because of (6,2) 18 Rotate (4) 19 Simple (4) 20 Break suddenly (4)