Quizword & Crossword

Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.

QUIZWORD CLUES ACROSS

3 Calista —, actress who played Helena in 1999 fantasy film A Midsummer

Night’s Dream (9) 8 — Handicap, flat race run at York in August last won by Nakeeta in 2017 (4)

9 and 22 1995 crime drama film starring Stephen Baldwin and Gabriel Byrne (3,5,8) 10 Department of France; capital Orleans (6)

13 See 4 Down

14 The —, horse racecourse at which the Irish

Derby is run (7)

15 The —, band formed by Paul Weller in 1972 (3)

16 Former Metropolitan Borough that became part of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in 1965 (7) 17 Indian musical instrument with movable frets (5)

21 Eddie —, Best Actor in a Supporting Role Oscar nominee for The Heartbreak Kid (6) 22 See 9 Across 23 Jim —, actor-comedian whose alter ego is

Vic Reeves (4)

24 Ludwig van —, composer of 1805 opera Fidelio, aka Leonore (9)

DOWN

1 Polysaccharide; the main constituent of plant cell walls (9)

2 Annual herb whose leaves are used in flavouring curry (9) 4 and 13 Across Singer-actress who played Rosa Klebb in 1963 action film

From Russia with Love (5,5)

5 Silvery metal chemical element; symbol Cs (7) 6 1998 film drama starring Jessica Lange and Gwyneth Paltrow (4) 7 Standard monetary unit of Iran (4)

11 Temple on the Acropolis in Athens (9)

12 2008 novel by

Victoria Hislop (3,6) 14 Stratovolcano in the Andes, Chile west of Yulton Lake (3)

15 1992 novel by

Dirk Bogarde (7)

18 Billiards stroke in which the cue is held nearly vertically to make the cue ball swerve round a ball obstructing a clear shot on the object ball (5) 19 Henry Scott —, English painter whose works include 1902’s Ruby,

Gold and Malachite (4) 20 In billiards, the white ball distinguished from the plain ball by a mark (4)

CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS

3 Fast car (9)

8 Stratagem or trick (4) 9 Any living animal or plant (8)

10 One after the other (2,1,3) 13 Rental contract (5) 14 Commercial transport of goods (7)

15 Wicked (3)

16 Tales (7)

17 Leg and foot joint (5)

21 Line on a weather map (6)

22 Prison chief (8)

23 Is obliged to (4) 24 Heedlessly rash (9)

DOWN

1 Stupid or foolish (9) 2 Moving staircase (9) 4 Go about stealthily (5) 5 Intellectual (7)

6 Loose granular substance (4) 7 Otherwise (4)

11 Discuss (4,5)

12 Break through (9) 14 Possesses (3)

15 Hanging basket plant (7)

18 In need of sleep or rest (5)

19 By oneself, alone (4) 20 Spool (4)