Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword
ACROSS
6 ITV series based on short stories by James Runcie featuring Canon
Sidney Chambers (12) 8 The —, 1961 novel by Mary Stewart (3,4) 9 County town of
County Tyrone, Northern Ireland (5) 10 Standard monetary unit of Iran (4)
12 and 6 Down 1829 novel by Walter Scott subtitled The Maiden of the Mist (4,2,10)
14 Fruit dried to make currants, raisins or sultanas (5)
15 Arthur —, Chief of the Air Staff from 1946-50 (6) 16 Widely cultivated tree with a sweet gritty-textured juicy fruit (4)
19 Religion of Muslims (5) 21 Japanese dessert made of small cubes of agar jelly (7)
22 Gina —, Italian actress who played the title role in 1968 film comedy Buona Sera, Mrs Campbell (12)
DOWN
1 See 13 Down
2 Large wading bird typically with a black and white plumage (5) 3 Number opposite 20 on a standard dartboard (5)
4 George —, Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2010-16 (7)
5 White sheep or goat cheese popular in
Greece (4)
6 See 12 Across
7 1980 crime film starring George C Scott and
Marlon Brando (3,7) 11 Danny —, Great
Britain, Wigan and Castleford rugby league scrum-half who retired in 2012 (3) 12 Mount —, volcano and highest mountain in the Philippines (3) 13 and 1 1968 album release by the
Jimi Hendrix Experience (8,8) 14 Archie —,
Scotland midfielder who scored twice in a 1978 FIFA World
Cup win over the Netherlands (7)
17 Greta —, Best
Actress in a
Leading Role
Oscar nominee for Camille, Anna Christie, Romance and Ninotchka (5) 18 System of sending text and graphics from one computer to another (1-4)
20 Large predatory feline mammal of Africa and India (4)
Crossword
ACROSS
6 Major religion (12) 8 Tufts of hanging threads (7)
9 Shoe part (5) 10 Done (4)
12 Chemical element (6) 14 Shaving implement (5) 15 Aromatic spice (6) 16 Unconscious state (4)
19 Firearm (5)
21 Happy (7)
22 Cutlery item (12)
DOWN
1 Curved row of houses (8)
2 Fire remains (5)
3 Wash lightly (5)
4 Lean or bony (7)
5 Halt (4)
6 Sacrifice quality for speed (3,7)
7 Torture instrument (4,6) 11 Piece of old cloth (3) 12 Crib (3)
13 Place selling paperbacks and hardbacks (8)
14 Let go (7)
17 Steeple (5)
18 Thick (5)
20 Able to act at will (4)