Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other. Quizword
ACROSS
6 2013 novel by Anne
Perry (5,7)
8 Language native to Mexico historically known as Aztec (7)
9 Town in Egypt on the River Nile noted for its temple built by Amenhotep III (5)
10 Peter —, 17th-century painter whose works include
Girl with a Parrot and Two Ladies of the Lake Family (4) 12 Joseph —, author of novels The Secret Agent, Lord Jim and Nostromo (6)
14 French city; capital of the former duchy of Burgundy (5)
15 and 3 Down Villainous usurer in 1841 Charles Dickens novel
The Old Curiosity Shop (6,5)
16 Green-blue colour; the complementary of red (4)
19 Marat —, winner of the 2000
US Open men’s singles tennis championship (5)
21 One of the three gorgons in Greek mythology (7)
22 Jacobean stage play by George Chapman whose title character is based on a 16thcentury French nobleman (5,7)
DOWN
1 Edouard —, French founder in 1888 with brother Andre of a tyre manufacturing company (8)
2 Large desert-living African antelope with long twisted horns (5) 3 See 15 Across 4 Cheese made in the district of Melton Mowbray named after a place in Cambridgeshire (7)
5 Jacky —, Belgian F1 driver who won the 1972 German GP (4)
6 Asian republic whose
capital is Dhaka (10)
7 Housekeeper in 1938 novel Rebecca by Daphne du
Maurier (3,7)
11 Score of nothing in
certain games (3)
12 Alex —, Liverpudlian film director whose works include Walker and Straight to
Hell (3)
13 Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 1976-79 (3,5)
14 M H —, England Test cricketer who hit 188 against Australia at Melbourne in 1975 (7) 17 University city in West Yorkshire that hosts an international piano competition (5)
18 Donald —, president of the United States from 2017-21 (5)
20 1993 science fiction novel by Stephen Baxter (4)