Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword ACROSS
1 Official language of Ethiopia (7) 7 and 22 Prime minister of Egypt assassinated in 1981 (5,5) 8 Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 1985-89 (3,4) 9 See 12 Down
11 Rhys —,
Welsh actor who portrayed Howard Marks in 2010 biopic Mr Nice (5) 13 River that forms part of the border between Germany and Poland (4) 14 Des —, entertainer who authored 2001 autobiography Bananas
Can’t Fly! (7) 15 River in southwest Australia that flows to the Indian Ocean below Perth (4) 16 — Islands, group off the coast of Northumberland that house a bird sanctuary (5) 17 City in Northern Ireland southeast of Dungannon (6) 21 Stanley —, Prime Minister from 1935-37 (7)
22 See 7 Across 23 1973 film comedy starring, directed and co-written by Woody Allen (7)
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2 Night-blooming tropical American climbing plant (10) 3 Rowan —, comic actor who played the title role in films Bean and Johnny English (8) 4 Island in the Inner Hebrides; site of an abbey founded by St Columba (4)
5 Mountain —, buffalo endemic to Indonesia (4) 6 Type of melancholy Portuguese folk song (4) 9 Male bee in a colony whose function is to mate with the queen (5) 10 1955 novel by Thomas B Costain (3,7) 12 and 9 Across
US state whose capital is Bismarck (5,6) 13 Fine slightly stiff cotton fabric used for dresses (8) 18 Ancient kingdom in the Old Testament east of the Dead Sea (4)
19 Animal that represents the constellation Capricorn (4) 20 Fine-grained sedimentary rock containing silt that is used as a fertiliser (4)
Crossword ACROSS
1 Endanger (7) 7 Ending in death (5) 8 Petty (7) 9 Uncomfortably or unpleasantly cold (6) 11 Lasses (5) 13 Coffee bar (4) 14 Dummy pill (7) 15 Hay bundle (4) 16 Walk off with (5)
17 Horse’s home (6) 21 Comments (7) 22 Backless sofa (5)
23 Law enacted by legislature (7)
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2 Karate, eg (7,3) 3 Stationery item (8) 4 Mosque prayer leader (4) 5 Cummerbund, eg (4) 6 Vestibule (4) 9 Highland Games log (5) 10 Buoyancy aid (4,6) 12 Move to music (5) 13 Degree of difference (8) 18 Corrosive substance (4) 19 Burden (4) 20 Nuisance (4)