Quizword & Crossword

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

QUIZWORD CLUES ACROSS

1 1997 novel by

Garrison Keillor whose central character is John Tollefson (7,3)

8 and 1 Down 1945 drama starring Ray Milland and Jane Wyman (3,4,7) 9 Australian bird also called a rose-breasted cockatoo (5)

10 2009-15 US television comedy-drama series set in the fictitious William Mckinley

High School (4)

11 Unit of liquid measure of capacity equal to one eighth of a gallon (4) 12 Collective noun for a small group of seals or whales (3)

14 2010 novel by

Peter Robinson (3,3) 15 1986 drama directed by and starring Sondra Locke (6) 18 US television sitcom featuring the character Gordon Shumway from the planet Melmac (1,1,1) 20 Supreme creator god in Norse mythology (4) 21 Mr —, author in 1779

R B Sheridan play

The Critic (4)

23 Wat —, leader of the English Peasants’

Revolt in 1381 (5)

24 1820 novel by

Walter Scott (7)

25 1892 novel by

R L Stevenson and

Lloyd Osbourne (3,7)

DOWN

1 See 8 Across 2 1980s and 1990s ITV comedy-drama series starring Michael Elphick and David Daker (4) 3 Style of architecture used in Western Europe from the 12th to the 16th century (6) 4 Nocturnal bird with large eyes named after its discordant cry (8)

5 Lowest deck in a vessel with four or more decks (5)

6 2004 film drama starring Billy Crudup and Claire Danes (5,6)

7 and 13 2004 sci-fi film starring Dennis Quaid and Jake Gyllenhaal (3,3,5,8) 13 See 7 Down 16 M V —, South Africa Test cricketer who hit 125 against Zimbabwe in Harare in 1999 (7) 17 US actor-singer born Harris Glenn Milstead in 1945 (6) 19 1998 novel by

Irvine Welsh (5)

22 Island in the English Channel whose two main parts are linked by isthmus La Coupee (4)

CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS

1 Pious (3-7)

8 Lean or bony (7)

9 Bury (5)

10 Exchange of a commodity for money (4)

11 Metallic element (4) 12 Possesses (3)

14 Bacon slice (6)

15 Disappear mysteriously (6)

18 Pair of performers (3) 20 Door handle (4)

21 Wolf-like cry (4)

23 Latin American dance (5) 24 Warship (7)

25 Slow down (10)

DOWN

1 Laughs nervously (7) 2 Unemployment payment (4)

3 Insect type (6) 4 Wet-weather garment (8) 5 Nick (5)

6 Manufacture in bulk (4-7) 7 Motorcyclist’s item (5,6) 13 Piece of jewellery (8) 16 Place in quarantine (7) 17 Chewy sweet (6)

19 Unit of weight (5)

22 Travel permit (4)