Quizword & Crossword

Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.

Quizword

ACROSS

1 and 5 Down Hill in Holyrood Park, Edinburgh, Scotland (7,4) 7 Greek author of fables (5) 8 1983 sci-film film starring Klaus Kinski, Don Keith Opper and Brie Howard (7) 9 and 16 2007 Kentucky Derby winner ridden by Calvin Borel (6,5) 11 and 22 1996 film drama starring, written and directed by

Billy Bob Thornton (5,5) 13 1957 novel by Patrick White (4) 14 North African republic (7) 15 Small flying insect resembling a mosquito (4)

16 See 9 Across 17 and 23 2010 Kathy Reichs novel also published as Spider Bones (6,7) 21 1990s ITV crime drama series starring Robbie Coltrane (7)

22 See 11 Across 23 See 17 Across

DOWN

2 1999-2013 Brazil attacker; 2004 and 2005 FIFA World Player of the Year (10) 3 Josh —, actor who played Brian Allen in 2001 romcom Blow Dry (8) 4 and 20 Wide-canopied tropical plant of the pea family with feathery flowers (4,4)

5 See 1 Across

6 and 18 1992 novel by Clare Boylan (4,4) 9 Tomato-based spicy sauce in Mexican cookery (5) 10 Sergei —, director of 1925 film drama Battleship Potemkin (10) 12 Peter —, 1964 Olympic 800m and 1,500m gold medallist (5) 13 Mediterranean port in eastern Spain housing UNESCO World Heritage Site the Llotja de la Seda (8)

18 See 6 Down 19 Department of France; capital Carcassonne (4)

20 See 4 Down

Crossword ACROSS

1 Violent attack (7) 7 Hooded snake (5) 8 Middle (7) 9 Degree of loudness (6) 11 Utter words (5) 13 Conservative Party member (4) 14 Lengthy reprimand (7) 15 Seventh month (4) 16 Fourteen pounds in weight (5) 17 Regular beat (6) 21 Opening on either side of the septum (7) 22 Armistice (5) 23 Supermarket

cart (7)

DOWN

2 Spend the night in the open (5,5) 3 Really (8) 4 Heavy metal (4) 5 Sport played on horseback (4) 6 Asian language (4) 9 Inner planet (5) 10 Commercial (10) 12 Rugby formation (5) 13 Abstaining from alcohol (8)

18 Three feet (4)

19 Chop wildly (4) 20 Sixty minutes (4)