Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword
ACROSS
6 and 12 Across
British composer who was Master of the Queen’s Music from 2004-14 (5,7,6) 8 Cathedral city in England on the River Witham (7)
9 1942 Walt Disney film animation based on a story by Felix Salten (5)
10 Island in central Hawaii whose chief town is Honolulu (4) 12 See 6 Across
14 Sea of —, that part of the Pacific Ocean east of North
Korea (5)
15 Ernst —, German author of the stage plays Hoppla, We’re Alive and The Blind Goddess (6)
16 Inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm (4) 19 Christine —, Best Actress in a Supporting Role Oscar nominee for Swing Shift (5)
21 Colourless flammable liquid also called alcohol produced by the fermentation of sugars (7)
22 — Castle, fortress in Northamptonshire where Mary, Queen of Scots was executed in 1587 (12)
DOWN
1 Pseudonym of Marie-Henri Beyle, French author of novels Armance and The Charterhouse of Parma (8)
2 1984 novel by
Dick Francis (5)
3 Capital of Bihar, India, on the River
Ganges (5)
4 New town in Torfaen,
SE Wales (7)
5 Burrowing bivalve mollusc such as the quahog (4)
6 1959 romcom starring Rock Hudson and
Doris Day (6,4)
7 Gerrard —, political activist; leader of 17thcentury English group the True Levellers (10) 11 In golf, an estimated standard score for a hole that a good player should make (3) 12 1981 novel by
William Wharton (3)
13 1882 Gilbert and Sullivan operetta subtitled The Peer and the Peri (8)
14 1992 novel by
Dirk Bogarde (7)
17 Robert —, US Arctic explorer who died in 1920 (5)
18 People’s Republic of —, Asian country whose capital is Beijing (5)
20 1991 family film starring Dustin Hoffman in the title role (4)
Crossword ACROSS
6 Encouraging
stimulus (4,2,3,3) 8 Referee (7)
9 Vagrant (5)
10 Jump (4)
12 Population
count (6)
14 Tree type (5)
15 Handgun (6)
16 Scorch (4)
19 Painful muscle contraction (5) 21 Gather
together (5,2)
22 Bruised (5,3,4)
DOWN
1 Most important officers or
leaders (3,5)
2 Ski slope (5)
3 Tempest (5)
4 Ling (7)
5 Opera song (4)
6 Very slow speed (6,4)
7 Punctuation mark (10)
11 Congeal (3)
12 Popular pet (3)
13 Timetable (8)
14 Closely packed
together (7)
17 Wide (5)
18 Soft leather (5)
20 Competent (4)