Quizword & Crossword

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

QUIZWORD CLUES ACROSS

Author of novels

A Man of His Time and Birthday (4,8)

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Musical instrument of India consisting of a pair of drums of variable pitch (5)

Very short skirt worn by a ballerina (4) Burrowing rodent of hot dry regions of Asia and Africa (6)

Digby —, Panasonic

Wild Knights and former Australia rugby union wing and centre (5)

1994 comedy-drama film starring Hugh Grant, Tara Fitzgerald and

Sam Neill (6)

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Former British gold coin valued at one third of a pound (5) Daughter of Minos and Pasiphae in

Greek mythology who married Dionysus (7)

22 The —, 1913

P G Wodehouse novel whose title character is Ogden Ford (6,6)

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Any one of the 150 sacred songs, poems and prayers that constitute the book of the Old Testament following the

Book of Job (5) Arthur —, composer of 1949 opera

The Olympians (5)

Racecourse at which the Grand National is run (7)

Ty —, Detroit Tigers baseball player and manager known as

The Georgia Peach (4) and 1 2008 novel by Louis de Bernieres (1,9,8)

1987 film drama starring Michael Douglas and Charlie Sheen (4,6) and 8 Across City in southern California, US; most populous in the state (3,7) Antelope also called a wildebeest (3)

Avery —, president of the International Olympic Committee from 1952-72 (8)

Andres —, 2006-18 Spain midfield footballer (7) and 16 Across 1976 F1 World Drivers’ Championship winner (5,4)

Dakota tribe of

Native Americans whose leaders have included Sitting Bull (5) 20 In cricket, either of the small wooden bars placed across the top of a set of stumps to form a wicket (4)

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