Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword ACROSS
1 See 11 Across 4 Town in S Holland, Netherlands, associated with a type of tin-glazed earthenware (5) 10 and 18 Down 1986 winner of the F1 World Drivers’ Championship (5,5) 11 and 1 Basketball team that won the NBA Finals three times in a row twice, from 1991-93 and 1996-98 (7,5) 12 City in Illinois, US, north of Chicago on Lake Michigan (8) 13 Mountain range in south central Europe (4) 15 and 23 Mountain range in South Wales whose highest peak is Pen y Fan (6,7) 17 Gertrude —, Londonborn garden designer who died in 1932 (6) 19 and 22 Down 1998 novel by Maeve Binchy (4,4) 20 Cultivated variety of cabbage with branched greenish flower heads (8) 23 See 15 Across 24 Franz —, composer of 1905 operetta The Merry Widow (5) 25 Wes —, actor whose roles have included Eytukan in 2009 action film Avatar (5) 26 City in Germany; leading administrative centre of the Ruhr (5)
DOWN
2 Tana —, All Blacks rugby union captain from 2004-05 (5) 3 1990 novel by Dick Francis (8) 5 Southernmost of the Great Lakes of North America (4) 6 Michael —, US dancer and flautist associated with stage shows Riverdance and Lord of the Dance (7) 7 Body of water in eastern Canada straddling the Ontario-Quebec border (4,7) 8 2006 Woody Allen film comedy featuring the director as Sid Waterman (5) 9 2002 comedyhorror film starring Sean Pertwee and Kevin McKidd (3,8) 14 2014 action film starring Dwayne Johnson in the title role (8) 16 Amelia —, first woman to fly solo non-stop across the Atlantic (7) 18 See 10 Across 21 Earthy pigment containing ferric oxide (5) 22 See 19 Across
Crossword ACROSS
1 Fox’s tail (5) 4 Of the kidneys (5) 10 Extremist (5) 11 Italian food (7) 12 One who watches or notices something (8) 13 Sink one’s teeth into (4) 15 Sheep’s coat of wool (6) 17 Go or come after (6) 19 Blood vessel (4) 20 Sequence of words (8) 23 Make practical use of (7) 24 Over (5) 25 End of life (5) 26 Precipitous (5)
DOWN
2 Evaluates (5) 3 Irish emblem (8) 5 Jealousy (4) 6 Avoiding contact (7) 7 Regarded with disapproval (3,2,6) 8 Clean feathers (5) 9 Naval vessel (11) 14 Degree of difference (8) 16 Large or imposing building (7) 18 Not ever (5) 21 Hangman’s halter (5) 22 Slimming plan (4)