Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword ACROSS
6 Junction of the A1 and A66 trunk roads north-east of Richmond, North Yorkshire (6,6)
8
9 River in Russia;
longest in Europe (5) 10 Dick —, 1976 Olympic 5,000m silver medallist for New Zealand (4)
12 Colourless odourless flammable gaseous alkane; a byproduct of petroleum refining (6) 14 and 8
1996 comedy-drama film starring Tom Cruise in the title role (5,7)
15 Richard —, US photographer whose books include Nothing Personal (6)
16 Tony —, World Middleweight boxing champion from June-September
1948 (4)
19 Kornelia —, 1976 Olympic 100m and 200m freestyle swimming gold medallist (5)
See 14 Across
21 and 22
1965 film Western starring John Wayne and Dean Martin (3,4,2,5,5) 22 See 21 Across
DOWN
1 Liam —, prime minister of the Republic of Ireland from 1973-77 (8) 2 Town in Vicenza, Italy east of Lake Garda associated with the wool industry (5)
3 Henry —, actor who played Mr Pugh in ITV sitcom The Worker (5)
4 2013 film drama starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney (7) 5 Back part of a golf club head where it bends to join the shaft (4)
6 In music, a note with the time value of one-sixteenth of a semibreve (10)
7 Belgian painter whose works include 1890’s The Intrigue (5,5)
11 Female swan (3)
12 CGS unit of work or
energy (3)
13 Large snake of tropical America that kills its prey by constriction (8) 14 Louis —, French actor who played Gaston Lachaille in 1958 film musical Gigi (7)
17 Gertrude —, author of 1933 book
The Autobiography of Alice B Toklas (5)
18 Fernand —, French painter whose works include 1921’s Woman with a Cat (5)
20 Anne-Marie —, actress who portrayed Julia Lennon in 2009 biopic Nowhere Boy (4)