Quizword Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
ACROSS
6 Author of novels Hannibal Rising and Black Sunday (6,6)
8 1957 stage play by
Samuel Beckett (7)
9 Capital of Japan (5) 10 Pen name of essayist
Charles Lamb (4)
12 and 4 Down
2000s BBC TV comedy sketch show starring Matt Lucas and David Walliams (6,7)
14 Paul —, stage and television magician; author of 2005 book Street Magic (5)
15 Quintus —, Roman epic poet and dramatist who died in 169 BC (6)
16 B S —, India Test cricketer who took 7-98 against Australia at Kolkata in 1969 (4) 19 Phillips —, 2009
World Championships triple jump gold medallist (5)
21 County of the Republic of Ireland whose county town is Carrick-onShannon (7)
22 1970 biopic starring Toralv Maurstad as Edvard Grieg (4,2,6)
DOWN
1 Piet —, Dutch painter whose works include 1921 oil Diagonal Composition (8) 2 State bordering
Saudi Arabia whose capital is Doha (5)
3 2001 animated film featuring the voice talents of Mike Myers and Eddie Murphy (5) 4
5 Snooker ball worth
six points (4)
6 and 13
1966 novel by Paul Scott (3,5,2,3,5)
7 2005 Dubai World Cup winner ridden by John R
Velazquez (5,2,3)
11 Egyptian god of music and pleasure (3)
12 Cured salmon fillet popular in Jewish cuisine (3)
13 See 6 Down 14 Fabiola —, winner in 1999 and from 2002-04 of the
Copa Colsanitas singles tennis tournament (7)
17 Montgomery —, Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for 1948’s The
Search (5)
18 Jeremiah —, English surveyor best known for his work with Charles Mason on resolving a boundary dispute between Maryland and Pennsylvania (5)
20 1847 novel by
Herman Melville (4)
See 12 Across
ACROSS
6 Evergreen flowering
shrub (12)
8 First course of a
meal (7)
9 Picture within
another (5)
10 Castle surround (4) 12 Horse’s gait (6)
14 Faithful (5)
15 Paper
handkerchief (6)
16 Rotate (4)
19 Of the eye (5)
21 Condition,
stipulation (7)
22 In spite of that (12)
DOWN
1 In these times (8)
2 Major artery (5)
3 Paris underground (5)
4 Naval commander (7)
5 Chuck (4)
6 Act of beginning
again (10)
7 Astounding,
wonderful (10)
11 Garden implement (3)
12 Household fuel (3)
13 Unevenly balanced (8) 14 Hunting dog (7)
17 Pimples (5)
18 Pugilist (5)
20 Long walk or journey (4)