Quizword & Crossword

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

Quizword ACROSS

6 2008 novel by Sebastian Faulks writing as Ian Fleming (5,3,4)

8 John —, 14th-century Scottish poet whose best known work is The Brus (7)

9 Fountain in Rome, Italy,

built in 1762 (5)

10 Sea of —, arm of the Black Sea fed chiefly by the River Don (4)

12 Region of E Nigeria that formed a secessionist state from 1967-70 (6) 14 University city in Veneto, NE Italy; setting for much of William Shakespeare’s play The Taming of the Shrew (5)

15 Gothic novel by William Beckford first published in 1786 (6)

16 Island in the Inner Hebrides separated from the Scottish mainland by the Sound of — (4)

19 Billiards shot that goes into a pocket after striking another ball (2-3)

21 Geoffrey —, co-creator with Ronald Searle of Nigel Molesworth (7) 22 Julie —, actress who played Hayley Cropper in ITV soap Coronation Street (12)

DOWN

1 The —, short story by Nikolai Gogol adapted as a mime play by Marcel Marceau in 1951 (8) 2 Claire —, actress married to author Philip Roth from 1990-95 (5)

3 Horizontal rail used for

ballet practice (5)

4 Ancient region centred on the northern shores of the Black Sea (7)

5 Kathryn —, US actress who played Maggie Witzky in 1999 mystery film Stir of Echoes (4) 6 Simone —, French existentialist philosopher who authored 1949 work The Second Sex (2,8)

7 German choreographer associated with the Tanztheater Wuppertal company who died in 2009 (4,6)

11 Wild animal of Tibet with long horns and shaggy hair (3)

12 Tributary of the Narew River forming part of the Poland border with both Belarus and Ukraine (3)

13 Leon —, 19th-century French physicist credited with naming the gyroscope (8)

14 1985 novel by Patrick

Suskind (7)

17 G P —, England Test cricketer who took 5-57 against West Indies at St John’s, Antigua, in 2009 (5)

18 First letter in the Greek

alphabet (5)

20 Organisation formed in 1961 to administer a common policy for the sale of petroleum (4)