Quizword & Crossword

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

Quizword

ACROSS

3 Large desert-living African antelope with long twisted horns (5) 4 Name, until 1975, of

Benin (7)

5 Annual plant with edible sticky green pods also called ladies’ fingers (4)

6 Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Oscar nominee for Bob & Carol &

Ted & Alice (4,6)

7 See 12 Down

11 Ricky —, author, actor and sleight-of-hand expert whose roles include Kurt Longjohn in 1997 film drama Boogie Nights (3)

12 and 7 Trinidadborn actor who played Philip in ITV sitcom Rising Damp (3,10)

13 2005 Tony Award

Best Actor in a

Musical nominee for his role as King Arthur in Spamalot (3,5)

14 John H —, WBC Welterweight champion from 1975-76 (7)

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

18 Deborah Kara —, actress whose roles include

1 Jane —, 2002 Dahlia Gillespie in Commonwealth 2006 horror film heptathlon gold Silent Hill (5) medallist (8) 20 River of central

2 Standard unit of England that flows to currency of Costa the River Severn at Rica (5) Tewkesbury (4) Solutions in next week’s Sunday Mirror

6 See 8 Across

8 and 6 Major League Baseball team; 2001 World Series winners (7,12)

9 City in Nebraska, US, on the Missouri River opposite Council Bluffs, Iowa (5)

10 In mathematics, a pointed end at which two curves meet (4) 12 E R —, former England Test cricket captain born in Milan, Italy, in 1935 (6)

14 Noble family that formed the royal house of Italy from 1861-1946 (5)

15 Number represented by the letters XC in Roman numerals (6) 16 The —, 1976 film thriller starring Gregory Peck and Lee Remick (4)

19 Ronan —, top points scorer for the Ireland rugby union team (5) 21 Bernard —, 1985 Tour de France-winning cyclist (7)

22 Solid figure with

twelve plane faces (12)

DOWN

Crossword ACROSS

6 Inadequate or

deficient (12)

8 Play-act (7)

9 Statement of

beliefs (5)

10 Gemstone (4)

12 Move about

restlessly (6)

14 Long to

possess (5)

15 Broad street (6) 16 Destroy (4)

19 Unit of purity

of gold (5)

21 Top musician (7) 22 Small but fatal

weakness (8,4)

DOWN

1 Congregate (8)

2 Bid (5)

3 Feathered friends (5) 4 Cookie (7)

5 Leg joint (4)

6 Significance (10)

7 Soft fluffy stuff (6,4) 11 Enemy (3)

12 Hardly any (3)

13 Heavy glove

with a long cuff (8) 14 Soft furnishing (7)

17 Facial

expression (5)

18 Minimum (5)

20 Loose scrum (4)