Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword
ACROSS
6 University town in Western Cape, South Africa, on the banks of the Eerste River (12)
8 Denholm —, Best Actor in a Supporting Role Oscar nominee for A Room with a View (7)
9 Mike —, WBA Heavyweight champion from 1987-90 (5)
10 Weedy plant with typically broad leaves and greenish or reddish flowers (4)
12 Martin —, Best Actor in a Supporting Role Oscar winner for A Thousand Clowns (6) 14 Moshe —, Israel
Minister of Defence from 1967-74 (5)
15 See 7 Down
16 Unit of chain length in Britain equal to 75 feet (4)
19 Ancient Greek author
of fables (5)
21 1988 horror film starring Kevin Dillon and Shawnee
Smith (3,4)
22 City in Missouri, US; point of departure of the California, Oregon and Santa Fe Trails in the 19th century (12)
DOWN
1 John —, British commander of the Imperial Fleet at the Battle of Jutland in 1916 (8) 2 Town in Scotland; administrative headquarters of the council area of Clackmannanshire (5)
3 — the Union, organisation formed in 2007 from a merger of Amicus and the TGWU (5)
4 The —, 1997 action film directed by and starring
Kevin Costner (7)
5 Fifth book of the New
Testament (4)
6 Pakistan Test cricketer who took 7-55 against England in Dubai in 2012 (5,5)
7 and 15 Across
The —, 1923 novel by
P G Wodehouse (10,6)
11 Horse that won the
Oaks in 2012 (3)
12 Arnold —, English composer of symphonic poem Tintagel (3)
13 Stage play by
R C Sherriff that premiered in 1936 (2,6) 14 Jack —, World Heavyweight boxing champion from 1919-26 (7)
17 Johannes —, Swiss painter who taught at the Bauhaus from 1919-23 (5)
18 1881 novel by
Johanna Spyri (5)
20 George —, 19th-century authoress of novels Indiana and
Consuelo (4)
Crossword ACROSS
6 Difficult or testing
time (5,7)
8 Of the sense of touch (7)
9 Oath (5)
10 Notify (4)
12 Highly spiced
sausage (6)
14 Trite (5)
15 Sudden feeling of
excitement (6)
16 Hire cab (4)
19 Permit (5)
21 Musical performance (7) 22 Painful redness or
swelling (12)
DOWN
1 Brawny (8)
2 Seat (5)
3 Edges of a roof (5)
4 Avoiding contact (7)
5 Jelly type (4)
6 Sound of knocking on a
door (3-1-3-3)
7 Antibiotic (10)
11 Close friend (3)
12 Droop (3)
13 Slaughterhouse (8)
14 Bluebottle (7)
17 Single game of
snooker (5)
18 Large sea (5)
20 Unaccompanied (4)