Quizword & Crossword

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

ACROSS

6 1996 novel by Jilly

Cooper (12)

8 Black, semi-solid substance that occurs as a residue from petroleum distillation (7)

9

10 Son of

Telamon; Greek hero of the Trojan War (4)

12 1998 comedydrama film starring Ed Furlong in the title role (6)

14 Alan —, founder of the company Amstrad; star of BBC TV show The Apprentice (5)

15 1996 novel by Patrick

McGrath (6)

16 1962 action film featuring Joseph

Wiseman in the title role (2,2)

19 Spiny, Mediterranean plant with edible flower buds (5) 21 Large North Atlantic flatfish (7)

22 In law, the unlawful killing of a human without malice aforethought (12)

See 11 Down

DOWN

1 Christian festival held on January 6 commemorating the manifestation of Christ to the Magi (8)

2 The —, 1966 film drama starring Stephen Boyd and Elke Sommer (5)

3 1998 novel by Irvine

Welsh (5)

4 Robert —, actor whose roles have included Theodore Bagwell in US television series Prison Break (7)

5 Berkshire town housing a public school for boys (4)

6 Low-growing, perennial, evergreen plant formerly used as an ingredient in snuff (10) 7 1937 film comedy starring Will Hay in the title role (2,2,6)

11 and 9 Across

1992 novel by Elmore Leonard (3,5)

12 Octavio —, winner of the 1990 Nobel Prize in Literature (3)

13 Island nation in the Pacific Ocean; capital Tarawa (8)

14 White crystalline sweet carbohydrate; chief component of cane or beet sugar (7)

17 Annual or biennial grass used to make flour (5)

18 William —, commander of the HMS Bounty who died in 1817 (5)

20 Widely cultivated tree with a sweet, grittytextured juicy fruit (4)