Rutherglen Reformer

Quizword & Crossword

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

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Quizword ACROSS

6 1974 novel by Laurens van de Post (1,3-3,5) 8 Mediterran­ean variety of wild marjoram (7) 9 French balloonist born Gaspard-Felix Tournachon credited with having taken the first aerial photograph­s in 1858 (5) 10 Peter —, actor who played Paul Ryman in BBC TV sitcom Ever Decreasing Circles (4) 12 and 6 Down 1963 stage musical devised by Joan Littlewood and Theatre Workshop (2,4,1,6,3) 14 S B —, India Test cricketer who took 5-142 against Bangladesh in Dhaka in 2000 (5) 15 2008 romcom starring Jim Carrey and Zooey Deschanel (3,3) 16 City in Uttar Pradesh, India, housing the Taj Mahal (4) 19 1964-66 Cheltenham Gold Cup winner ridden by Pat Taaffe (5) 21 The —, 1963 semi-autobiogra­phical novel by Sylvia Plath published under pseudonym Victoria Lucas (4,3) 22 1993 comedy-drama film starring Alan Arkin and Matt Craven (6,6)

DOWN

1 Francois —, French author of 16th-century pentalogy The Life of Gargantua and of Pantagruel (8) 2 Any of the 12 broad-faced grinding teeth in man (5) 3 See 11 Down 4 Vessel that won the Louis Vuitton Cup and America’s Cup in 2003 (7) 5 Soviet surface-to-surface missile used in the Gulf War (4) 6 See 12 Across 7 1949 novel by Josephine Tey (4,6) 11 and 3 Rugby union full-back at London Wasps from 1997-2000 (3,5) 12 SI unit of electrical resistance (3) 13 2016 Olympics individual field event won by Derek Drouin and Ruth Beitia (4,4) 14 2016 Olympics individual field event won by Thomas Rohler and Sara Kolak (7) 17 Tropical tree whose dark hard wood is used for cabinetwor­k (5) 18 Language of which Norwegian linguist Knut Bergsland produced a comprehens­ive dictionary in 1994 (5) 20 Russell —, 2010 Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Award winner (4)

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