Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword ACROSS
1 Man-monster in William Shakespeare play The Tempest (7) 7 Plant of North America, Europe and Africa with large spikes of brightly coloured flowers (5) 8 2014 biopic starring Christoph Waltz and Amy Adams (3,4) 9 Virginia —, 1978 French Open singles tennis champion (6) 11 Ballroom dance in
triple time (5) 13 Kimiko —, 1992-94 Japan Open women’s singles tennis champion (4) 14 1956 film drama starring Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis (7) 15 Humphry —, English chemist who invented a miners’ safety lamp (4) 16 Jawaharlal —, prime minister of India from 1947-64 (5) 17 Pat —, show jumper who won the European Championships women’s competition from 1961-63 (6) 21 Caribbean island north of and politically linked with Antigua (7) 22 See 13 Down 23 Greville —, jockey who rode 1978 Derby winner Shirley Heights (7)
DOWN
2 1945 George Orwell novel subtitled A Fairy Story (6,4) 3 2003 film thriller starring John Cusack and Ray Liotta (8) 4 Biblical character murdered by brother Cain (4) 5 Owl of New Zealand also called a morepork (4) 6 Limestone mountain in central Switzerland between Lakes Lucerne, Lauerz and Zug (4) 9 Capital of SeineMaritime department, France (5) 10 1963 novel by Kurt
Vonnegut, Jr (4,6) 12 Vince —, former MP for Twickenham; Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 2017-19 (5) 13 1951 novel by Sam Hanna Bell (8,5)
and 22 Across
18 Cape —, headland in Queensland; northernmost point of the Australian mainland (4) 19 Jonathan —, actor whose roles have included Bruce Ismay in 1997 film drama Titanic (4) 20 Derived SI unit of
power (4) 15 Vessel for cut flowers (4) 16 Data? (5) 17 Mohair (6) 21 Ideal (7) 22 Xmas hymn (5) 23 Curved sword (7)
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2 Constantly in mind (2,3,5) 3 Laboratory item (4,4) 4 Close friend (4) 5 Skin eruption (4) 6 Injure with a knife (4) 9 Judder (5) 10 Basic realities (5,5) 12 African mammal (5) 13 Vindictive (8) 18 Snatch (4) 19 Housetop (4) 20 Bill of fare (4)