Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword ACROSS
1 Oona —, actress who played Zilpha Geary in 2017 BBC TV drama series Taboo (7)
7 and 11 2017 comedy-drama crime film starring Channing Tatum and Adam Driver (5,5)
8 Louis —, French aviator who made the first flight across the English Channel (7)
9 and 17 2017 action film starring Charlize Theron and James Mcavoy (6,6)
11 See 7 Across
13 Imperial dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644 (4)
14 Hard rubber also called vulcanite used for electrical insulators (7)
15 Tim —, author of novels White City Blue and Under the Same Stars (4)
16 Piece of music composed for eight singers (5)
17 See 9 Across 21 Small European songbird with a black head and a white patch on the nape (4,3)
22 Joe —, actor who played Flash Harry in 1980 film comedy The Wildcats of St Trinian’s (5)
23 State capital of North Carolina, US (7)
DOWN
2 Chancellor of West Germany from 1982-90 (6,4)
3 Small bright longtailed bird, the UK’S only naturalized parrot (8)
4 and 12
The —, 1871 novel by R M Ballantyne (4,5)
5 Harold —, prime minister of Australia from 1966-67 (4)
6 L Frank —, author of 1900 children’s novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (4)
9 Bone in the ear also called the incus (5)
10 Creator of fictional spy James Bond (3,7)
12 See 4 Down
13 Jesse —, lead actor in 2006 comedy film John Tucker Must Die (8)
18 Wilfred —, poet whose works include Dulce et Decorum Est and Anthem for Doomed Youth (4)
19 River rising in Macedonia that flows through Albania to the Adriatic (4)
20 1978 film thriller starring Genevieve Bujold and Michael Douglas (4)
Crossword ACROSS
1 Lavish, rich (7)
7 Wild (5)
8 Flightless bird (7)
9 Springiness (6)
11 Board game (5)
13 Beach grains (4)
14 Oblivious (7)
15 Sixty minutes (4)
16 Nimble (5)
17 Commendable,
capable (6)
21 With quick light taps
or beats (3-1-3)
22 Foolish (5)
23 Excite or trouble (7)
DOWN
2 Occurring after
death (10)
3 Delphinium (8)
4 Notch (4)
5 Brave person (4)
6 Piece used
in 11A (4)
9 Fracture (5)
10 Specialist
physician (10)
12 Auctioneer’s
hammer (5)
13 Non-commissioned
officer (8)
18 Heinous (4)
19 Unsightly (4)
20 Croon (4)