Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword ACROSS
6 and 10 2010 crime drama film starring Russell Crowe and Elizabeth Banks (3,4,5,4) 8 Abdullah —, South African pianist and composer also known as Dollar Brand (7) 9 Old World coniferous tree with evergreen needle-like leaves (5) 10 See 6 Across 12 Type of fastening invented by Georges de Mestral in 1948 (6) 14 Port in Asturias, Spain, on the Bay of Biscay (5) 15 God in Greek mythology, personification of the sun (6) 16 Port and capital of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany (4) 19 Type of lyric poem composed of couplets in which a long line is followed by a shorter one (5) 21 Man-monster in William Shakespeare play The Tempest (7) 22 Author of novels Metroland and England, England (6,6)
DOWN
1 1978 stage play by Harold Pinter (8) 2 Geet —, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1998 and 2006 winner of the WPBSA World Billiards Championship (5)
3 Any of the three upright wooden sticks used in cricket to form part of a wicket (5) 4 Domestic fowl kept for its eggs or meat (7) 5 Chemical element; symbol Pb (4) 6 The —, 2002 romcom starring Luke Wilson and Denise Richards (5,5) 7 and 20 1995 film drama starring Richard Dreyfuss and Glenne Headly (2,8,4) 11 1999 memoir by Frank McCourt (3) 12 Hubert —, Dutch painter whose works include a 1905 portrait of Empress Dowager Cixi (3) 13 Bernard —, comic actor who narrated 1970s BBC TV series The Wombles (8) 14 Eldest daughter of King Lear in the William Shakespeare play of that name (7) 17 Ancient British tribe that rebelled against the Romans under Queen Boudicca (5) 18 Edward —, composer of 1900 oratorio The Dream of Gerontius (5) 20 See 7 Down
Crossword ACROSS
6 Product for masking unpleasant odours (3,9) 8 Sweet sauce (7) 9 Find the sum of (3,2) 10 Ditch surrounding a castle (4) 12 Teeth for grinding food (6) 14 Fruit type (5) 15 Lend an ear (6) 16 Couple (4) 19 Melodies (5) 21 Upper garment (4,3) 22 Prolonged
refusal to eat (6,6)
DOWN
1 Intrude on private land (8) 2 Staff of life (5) 3 Stage whisper (5) 4 Figure with six sides (7) 5 Deceased (4) 6 Amass (10) 7 Punctuation mark (10) 11 Female swan (3) 12 Disorderly or violent crowd (3) 13 Slaughterhouse (8) 14 Communication sent (7) 17 Get a goal (5) 18 Major artery (5) 20 Naming word (4)