Quizword & Crossword

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

QUIZWORD CLUES ACROSS

3 Study of human social behaviour (9)

8 Mild, yellow Dutch cheese (4)

9 Tropical evergreen tree with intertwining aerial roots that become embedded in mud to form a tangled network (8)

10 The —, 2011 drama starring, written and directed by

Miranda July (6)

13 City in Bouches-du-rhone, France, housing a

Roman amphitheatre (5) 14 1972 horror film starring William Marshall in the title role (7) 15 Twining plant cultivated for its edible tuber (3) 16 Villain played by

Vincent Price in

1960s US television series Batman (7) 17 George —, music hall comedian nicknamed The Prime Minister of Mirth (5) 21 Historic county of Northern Ireland famous for the

Giant’s Causeway (6)

22 Neil —, Conservative MP for Tatton from 1983-97; leader of UKIP in

Wales since 2016 (8) 23 Robert —, author of

1960 stage play A Man for All Seasons (4)

24 City in Russia on the delta of the Volga River associated with a type of black or grey fur (9)

DOWN

1 Nickname used for a Yeoman Warder of the Tower of London (9) 2 Tough elastic tissue composing most of the embryonic skeleton of vertebrates (9)

4 Member of an ancient Indian people that inhabited the Southern Gulf Coast of Mexico (5) 5 Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Oscar nominee for Chariots of Fire (3,4)

6 B C —, West Indies Test cricketer who hit 400 not out against England in St John’s in 2004 (4) 7 Michael —, Secretary of State for Education from 2010-14 (4)

11 and 19 Estate in the District of Columbia,

US, that hosted a 1944 conference that led to the formation of the United Nations (9,4) 12 Garrison town in E South Africa besieged by Boers for four months during 1899-1900 (9)

14 1987 no 1 album by Michael Jackson (3) 15 Capital of the Sakha Republic, Russia, on the Lena River (7)

18 Food that sustained the Israelites in the wilderness according to the Old Testament (5) 19 See 11 Down 20 Christian —, French couturier noted for his New Look (4)

CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS

3 Event (9)

8 Ridge of coral (4)

9 One who renounces a belief (8)

10 Teachers (6)

13 Drying cloth (5)

14 Burial or cremation (7) 15 Cooking vessel (3)

16 File of papers (7) 17 Greenfly (5)

21 Afternoon nap (6) 22 Mirth, merriment (8) 23 Approximately (2,2) 24 Canopy used by skydivers (9)

DOWN

1 Appreciation (9) 2 Unconscious desire to die (5,4)

4 Accumulate (5)

5 Part of speech (7) 6 Meshes (4)

7 Short letter (4)

11 Group of musicians (9) 12 Trained fighter in ancient Rome (9)

14 Distant (3)

15 Slightly hungry (7)

18 Up to now (2,3)

19 Prima donna (4)

20 Long series of events (4)