Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword
ACROSS
1 Nick —, golfer who won The Open Championship in 1987, 1990 and 1992 (5)
7 African republic whose capital is Yaounde (8)
8 Rex —, author of mystery novels
The Broken Vase and The Hand in the Glove (5)
10 Mythical creature; a two-legged dragon with the head of a cockerel (10)
12 See 5 Down
14 Bill —, cartoonist whose strips include The Cloggies and
The Fosdyke Saga (4) 16 Jennifer —-, actress who played Myrtle Logue in 2010 film drama The King’s Speech (4)
17 The —, war memorial in Whitehall, London, designed by Edwin Lutyens (8)
20 1870 novel by Laurence Oliphant subtitled A Fragment of Contemporary Biography (10)
23 English royal house that ruled from
1485 to 1603 (5)
24 Douglas —, designer of the stained-glass windows for the Scottish National
War Memorial in Edinburgh Castle (8) 25 Central of the three small bones in the middle ear also called the anvil (5)
DOWN
1 Carrie —, late actress who played Princess Leia Organa in the Star Wars film series (6)
2 Old World monkey such as the Black-shanked — or Red-shanked — (4)
3 Jonas —, US virologist who developed a vaccine against poliomyelitis (4)
4 and 18
Late ventriloquist whose dolls included Orville the Duck (5,6)
5 and 12 Across Caribbean country on the island of Hispaniola whose capital is Santo Domingo (9,8)
6 Character voiced by
Billy Gilbert in 1937 animated film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (6)
9 Alberto —, 1988 Olympic slalom skiing gold medallist (5)
11 The —, George Bernard Shaw stage play subtitled A Political Extravaganza (5,4)
13 City in Honshu housing the most sacred Shinto shrine in Japan (3)
15 Nicholas —, actor who played Marcus Brewer in 2002 comedy-drama film About a Boy (5)
16 City in Texas, US, on the Rio Grande opposite Ciudad
Juarez, Mexico (2,4)
18 See 4 Down
19 Cyrus —, US Secretary of
State from 1977-80 (5) 21 Republic on the Persian Gulf whose capital is Baghdad (4)
22 Imperial dynasty of
China from 1271-1368 (4)
Crossword
ACROSS
1 Soaked with
liquid (5)
7 To gossip (8)
8 Of the Pope (5) 10 Garment (4,6)
12 Small fashionable
shop (8)
14 Eye colour (4)
16 Throwing line
in darts (4)
17 Moderately
wealthy (4-2-2) 20 Eternity (10)
23 Artist’s stand (5) 24 Withstands (8) 25 Cutlery item (5)
DOWN
1 Excellent (6)
2 Snatch (4)
3 Nautical cry (4)
4 Vapour from hot
water (5)
5 Lizard type (9)
6 Deprive of food (6)
9 Reasoned thought (5) 11 Empower (9)
13 Employ (3)
15 Shallow round dish (5)
16 Be against (6)
18 Otherwise (2,4)
19 Royal (5)
21 Forearm bone (4)
22 Show signs of
tiredness (4)