Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword
ACROSS
1 and 22
The —, 2003 comedy-drama film starring Peter Dinklage and Patricia Clarkson (7,5)
7 and 21
Comedian who starred as Gary Bloke in 2002 BBC TV sitcom Celeb (5,7)
8 Aberdeenshire village associated with the Highland Games (7)
9 2001 film drama starring Dougray Scott and Kate Winslet (6)
11 US racehorse that won the 1996 Dubai World Cup (5)
13 Rodent of Eurasia and North America (4)
14 Nadia —, 2010 US Open women’s doubles tennis championship runner-up with Liezel Huber (7)
15 William —, English artist who painted The Golden Age (4) 16 Official language of modern Iran also called Persian (5) 17 See 3 Down
21 See 7 Across 22 See 1 Across 23 Town in Wiltshire associated with the railway industry (7)
DOWN
2 Booth —, author of 1918 novel The Magnificent Ambersons (10)
3 and 17 Across 1970 film drama for which Jean Simmons was a Best Actress Oscar nominee (3,5,6)
4 Sultanate whose capital is Muscat (4)
5 Otto —, 1944 winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (4)
6 Card game; an old
form of poker (4) 9 English horse racecourse that hosts the Derby (5)
10 Best Actress Oscar nominee for Frozen River (7,3) 12 Singer-actor who played Baron Frankenstein in 1985 film fantasy The Bride (5)
13 2015 film comedy starring Ed Helms and Christina Applegate (8)
18 See 20 Down
19 The —, one of three ships commanded by Christopher
Columbus in
1492 (4)
20 and 18
2002 family film starring Cuba
Gooding Jr and James Coburn (4,4)
Crossword
ACROSS
1 Turn turtle (7)
7 Inner planet (5)
8 Bother (7)
9 Fireplace (6)
11 Regretful (5)
13 Stopper for a cask (4)
14 Surpass (7)
15 Abode of Satan (4) 16 Church gangway (5)
17 Evaluate (6)
21 Spectre (7)
22 Row of bushes (5) 23 Honest, frank (7)
DOWN
2 Stewardess working on a
plane (3,7)
3 Rodent type (8)
4 Code word for Z (4) 5 Hereditary unit (4) 6 Cat sound (4)
9 Large African mammal (5) 10 Informal name for Hollywood (10)
12 Applauds (5) 13 Novice (8) 18 Ooze (4) 19 Fragrant herb eaten with pork (4) 20 Cut with an axe (4)