Quizword & Crossword

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

Quizword ACROSS

1 Plant whose leafstalks are cooked, sweetened and eaten as a dessert (7)

7, 16 and 22 1998 action film starring Will Smith and Gene Hackman (5,2,3,5)

8 Largest of the wild geese native to the UK (7)

9 Old World monkey inhabiting open rocky ground or wooded regions (6)

11 1845 novel by Benjamin Disraeli subtitled The Two Nations (5)

13 John —, Managing Director of the BBC World Service from 1986-92 (4)

14 Cross-bred hunting dog, usually part sighthound (7)

15 and 18 Down Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for Moneyball (4,4)

16 See 7 Across 17 Youngest son of Ge and Tartarus in Greek mythology at whom Zeus threw Mount Etna, crushing him (6)

21 Fascist movement founded in Spain in 1933 (7)

22 See 7 Across 23 Town in Cornwall across the River Tamar from Plymouth (7)

DOWN

2 Portable mechanical musical instrument widely used in the Middle Ages (5-5)

3 Martin —, rugby union lock whose 1991 England Test debut was against Fiji (8)

4 Standard monetary unit of Iran (4)

5 Member of a South American Indian people whose empire centred on Peru (4)

6 1847 novel by Herman Melville (4)

9 Louis —, first prime minister of the Union of South Africa (5)

10 That part of the alimentary canal between the pharynx and the stomach (10)

12 Unreactive element of the rare gas series used in electric lights; symbol Ar (5)

13 Francois —, Best Director Oscar nominee for La nuit americaine (8)

18 See 15 Across 19 University city and seaport in Japan on NE Kyushu (4)

20 Code word for the letter P in the NATO phonetic alphabet (4)

Crossword ACROSS

1 Break into many small pieces (7)

7 Sing out, holler (5)

8 One more (7)

9 Hate (6)

11 Premature (5)

13 Inter (4)

14 Small grain (7)

15 Sixth month (4)

16 Deceitful or treacherous person (5)

17 Counsel (6)

21 Down payment (7)

22 Get a goal (5)

23 Act of retaliation (7)

DOWN

2 Waste time, loiter (4,6)

3 Instruction or guidance (8)

4 Paradise (4)

5 Foot covering (4)

6 Racing toboggan (4)

9 Player’s first game (5)

10 Small quantity or amount (10)

12 Move to music (5)

13 Tall thin person (8)

18 Gripping tool (4)

19 Traditional Indian dress (4)

20 This place (4)