Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword
ACROSS
6 Canada-born actress who starred in 1937 musical-comedy film One Hundred Men and a Girl (6,6)
8 The —, 1827 novel by James Fenimore Cooper (7)
9 Richard —, comedianactor who played the title role in 1985 film Brewster’s Millions (5) 10 Island in central Hawaii whose chief town is Honolulu (4)
12 Edible clam native to the Atlantic coast of North America (6)
14 In heraldry, the colour
red (5)
15 Track cycling competition consisting of six events (6)
16 Unit of speed of one nautical mile per hour (4)
19 Ivan —, 2012 Olympic high jump gold medallist (5)
21 See 22 Across
22 and 21
1912 stage play by George Bernard
Shaw (9,3,3,4)
DOWN
1 Running race whose distance is 26 miles and 385 yards (8)
2 Carl —, US minimalist sculptor whose works include 144 Magnesium Square and Equivalent VIII (5) 3 Common viper with a zigzag pattern along its back (5)
4 Walter —, Berlin-born architect who founded the Bauhaus art school (7)
5 See 7 Down 6 Herbivorous dinosaur of the late Jurassic period characterized by a very long neck and tail (10)
7 and 5 The —, 1961 crime drama film starring Herbert Lom, John Gregson and Sean Connery (10,4)
11 Spirit made from
sugar cane (3)
12 2001 Peter Parnell stage play about Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman (1,1,1) 13 City and port on the Mississippi River in Missouri, US; boyhood home of Mark
Twain (8)
14 Che —, Argentina-born revolutionary and political leader executed in Bolivia in 1967 (7)
17 Michael —, 1991 Wimbledon singles tennis champion (5)
18 Joseph —, 1996 Olympic 3,000m steeplechase gold medallist (5)
20 Unit of length equalling four inches used for measuring the height of horses (4)
ACROSS
6 Paid player (12)
8 Became
aware of (7)
9 Scope (5)
10 Painful (4)
12 Rupture (6)
14 Storey (5)
15 In or towards the
middle of (6)
16 Engrave (4)
19 Scandinavian (5) 21 Aquatic larva of frogs or toads (7)
22 Inadequate or
deficient (12)
DOWN
1 Exhausted (3-5)
2 Showjumping
obstacle (5)
3 Stage whisper (5)
4 Lodger (7)
5 Mend with stitches (4) 6 Penalty imposed for an
offence (10)
7 Indifference (10)
11 Insect type (3)
12 Spicy (3)
13 Gaseous element (8) 14 Having important
consequences (7)
17 Personnel (5)
18 Decree (5)
20 Tenant’s payment (4)