Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword ACROSS
1 — Stadium, former home ground of rugby league club Bradford Bulls (5) 4 European finch with a brown streaked plumage (5) 10 Mixed drink of rum, fruit juice, spice and sugar (5) 11 2013 novel by
Dan Brown (7) 12 Jesse —, actor who played Roger Webb in ITV drama series Footballers’ Wives (8)
13 and 8 Down Best Actor in a Supporting Role Oscar winner for Ryan’s Daughter (4,5) 15 Capital of Portugal (6) 17 Michael —, rugby union fly-half; 1984 Australia Test debutant against Fiji (6) 19 Large mammal also known as a killer whale (4)
20 and 5 Down The —, 1926 stage play by W Somerset Maugham (8,4) 23 and 22 Down
Concert overture by Felix Mendelssohn also known as
The Hebrides published in 1833 (7,4) 24 Character in Greek mythology bound to a perpetually turning fiery wheel by Hermes on the orders of Zeus (5) 25 City in Germany; leading administrative centre of the Ruhr (5)
26 Dark reddish-brown pigment obtained from the inky secretion of the cuttlefish (5)
DOWN
2 Albrecht —, German Renaissance painter and theorist whose engravings include 1514’s Saint Jerome in His Study (5) 3 Heat-resistant fibrous mineral such as chrysotile or tremolite (8) 5 See 20 Across 6 City in Catalonia, northeast Spain, on the Ebro River (7) 7 Author of novels Rescuing Rose and The Very Picture of You (6,5) 8 See 13 Across
9 Author of 1961 stage play The Devils (4,7) 14 Former administrative county of southwest Scotland whose towns included Dalry and Beith (8)
16 1966 film thriller starring Rock Hudson and Salome Jens (7) 18 Medardo —, Italian sculptor whose works include Ecce Puer and Madame X (5) 21 The —, 1999 novel by Sandra Brown (5) 22 See 23 Across Crossword
ACROSS
1 Cost (5) 4 Stumbles (5)
10 Inuit snow hut (5) 11 Make use of unfairly (7) 12 Backpack (8)
13 Male monarch (4) 15 Small river (6) 17 Confidential warning (3-3)
19 Pig sound (4) 20 Pasta in narrow tubes (8) 23 Catches fire (7) 24 Arrive at, get to (5) 25 Regretful (5) 26 Round flattish cap (5)
DOWN
2 Ancient artefact (5) 3 Part of a football goal (8) 5 Ready for harvesting and eating (4) 6 Condition, stipulation (7) 7 Very small (11) 8 Barrier between gardens (5) 9 Actor’s fear (5,6) 14 Dissent in opinion (8) 16 Meet by chance (3,4) 18 Round-up rope (5) 21 Egg-shaped (5) 22 Celebrity (4)