Quizword & Crossword

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

QUIZWORD CLUES ACROSS

1 Badminton shot played to the back of the opponent’s court (5) 7 Seaport and capital of Kanagawa Prefecture, Honshu, Japan (8)

8 Steve —, 1980 Olympic 800m gold medallist (5) 10 Papua New Guinea and Melbourne Storm wing/ centre who played against England in the 2017 Rugby

League World Cup quarter-finals (6,4)

12 Indoor version of baseball invented by George Hancock in 1887 (8) 14 Leguminous West

Indian shrub; a source of indigo (4)

16 Muse of history in

Greek mythology (4) 17 Capital of Chad (8)

20 Jack —, Labour MP for Copeland from 1983-2005; Shadow Foreign Secretary from 1992-94 (10)

23 Max —, German composer and organist who died in 1916 (5)

24 Christina —, 19th-century English poet whose works include

Remember and The Lambs of Grasmere (8) 25 D J —, West Indies Test cricketer who took 6-55 against England at Old Trafford in 2004 (5)

DOWN

1 and 11 1926 novel by Dorothy L Sayers featuring Lord Peter Wimsey (6,2,7) 2 Group whose debut album An Awesome Wave won the 2012 Mercury Prize (3-1)

3 A J —, US motor racing driver; 1967 24 Hours of Le Mans winner with Dan Gurney (4)

4 and 6 Ridge in NW

Israel extending from the Samarian Hills to the Mediterranean (5,6)

5 Kurt —, detective creation of Henning Mankell in Faceless Killers and subsequent novels (9) 6 See 4 Down 9 Tony —, 1985-86 WBA Heavyweight champion (5)

11 See 1 Down

13 City in Israel housing

Ben Gurion International Airport (3)

15 Capital and chief port of Senegal (5) 16 Marcus Tullius —, Roman statesman and orator assassinated in 43 BC (6) 18 Theodor W —, Frankfurt-born philosopher whose writings include

Prisms and Negative Dialectics (6)

19 Capital of Gard, France, whose Roman remains include the Maison Carree (5)

21 City of the Philistines from which

Goliath came (4)

22 Golda —, prime minister of Israel from 1969-74 (4)

CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS

1 Artificial waterway (5)

7 Dead end (3-2-3)

8 Colour (5)

10 Hanging basket plant (10)

12 Parlour game (8)

14 Privy to (2,2)

16 Ballet skirt (4)

17 Make a strenuous effort (4,1,3)

20 Give up (10)

23 Building for human habitation (5)

24 Small group of ships (8) 25 Lukewarm (5)

DOWN

1 High-quality brandy (6) 2 Prayer ending (4)

3 Long high kick (4)

4 Love deeply (5)

5 Spying (9)

6 Insight (6)

9 Of birth (5)

11 Military unit (9) 13 Flightless bird (3) 15 Secret hoard (5) 16 Frugality (6)

18 Fine strand or yarn (6) 19 Blacksmith’s block (5) 21 Unsightly (4)

22 Garden pipe (4)