Quizword & Crossword

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

Quizword

ACROSS

1 and 17 1702 stage play by George Farquhar (3,4,6)

7 and 20 Down Powdered form of gypsum used to make paints and paper (5,4)

8 Bone of the leg also

called a patella (7)

9 City in Texas, US, on the Rio Grande opposite Ciudad Juarez, Mexico (2,4)

11 Carnivorous marsupial native to Australia and New Guinea such as the Tiger — or Bronze — (5)

13 Jessica —, US actress who portrayed Vera Miles in 2012 biopic Hitchcock (4)

14 Ndabaningi —, founder of the Zimbabwe African National Union who died in 2000 (7)

15 See 9 Down 16 City in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, NE Italy, partially damaged by an earthquake in 1976 (5)

17 See 1 Across 21 Jackie —, Best Actor in a Supporting Role Oscar nominee for The Hustler (7)

22 Harlan —, author of the novels Shelter, Gone for Good and Deal Breaker (5)

23 Battle of —, 1800 conflict near Alessandria, Italy, in which France defeated Austria (7)

DOWN

2 Form of Hindi spoken around Delhi used as a lingua franca throughout India (10)

3 and 13 Down 1943 novel by Hermann Hesse (3,5,4,4)

4 Republic on the Persian Gulf whose capital is Baghdad (4)

5 Tourist town in Kent that houses two 16th-century castles (4)

6 Large mammal also known as a killer whale (4)

9 and 15 Across 1999 film thriller starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Gabriel Byrne (3,2,4)

10 Emanuel —, Swedish scientist, mystic and theologian who died in 1772 (10)

12 One of The Three Musketeers in works by Alexandre Dumas (5)

13 See 3 Down 18 Any of a family of stringed instruments that preceded the violin family (4) 19 Plant related to the onion; a national emblem of Wales (4) 20 See 7 Across

Crossword ACROSS

1 Swimming aid (7)

7 Of sea movement (5)

8 Calm or pacify (7)

9 Relating to women (6)

11 Group of lions (5)

13 Hoodwink (4)

14 Nourish (7)

15 Encircle (4)

16 Decree (5)

17 Within (6)

21 Unplaced horse (4-3)

22 Snug (5)

23 Human species (7)

DOWN

2 Act of making amends (10)

3 Gentility (8)

4 Nasal organ (4)

5 Eight furlongs (4)

6 Information (4)

9 Batter ingredient (5)

10 Mischievous Irish elf (10)

12 Armistice (5)

13 Stalemate (8)

18 Exhibit or display (4)

19 Stupid (4)

20 Entreaty (4)