Quizword & Crossword

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

QUIZWORD CLUES ACROSS

1 Port and university city in W Turkey (5)

7 1967 musical-comedy film starring Elvis Presley and Shelley Fabares (8)

8 and 20 Legislation passed in 1701 to regulate succession to the throne of Great Britain and Ireland (3,2,10)

10 2014, 2015, 2017 and

2018 BDO World Darts Championship women’s title winner (4,6)

12 West London

Borough including the districts of Brentford and Chiswick (8) 14 Argonaut in Greek mythology; husband of Marpessa (4)

16 Jim —, 1968

Olympic 1,500m silver medallist (4)

17 1893 opera by

Giuseppe Verdi (8)

20 See 8 Across 23 Romola —, actress who played Amelia Sedley in 2004 film drama Vanity Fair (5)

24 Albert —, 1921 winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics (8)

25 1980 stage play by Alan Bennett (5)

DOWN

1 8th-century BC Hebrew prophet of Judah (6) 2 The —, 1966 film drama starring Jennifer Jones and Michael Parks (4) 3 Small wingless blood-sucking insect noted for its power of leaping (4)

4 and 5 2008 novel by John Le Carre (1,4,6,3) 5 See 4 Down 6 Greek island in the Aegean Sea famous for its medicinal earth (6)

9 and 18 2009 novel by David Baldacci (5,6) 11 Benedictine monk; first Archbishop of Canterbury (9) 13 Brine-cured Canadian cheese named after a place in Quebec (3) 15 Yani —, Taiwanese golfer; 2010 and

2011 Women’s British Open winner (5)

16 Any of various apples with rough brownish-red skins (6)

18 See 9 Down 19 1985 novel by Elmore Leonard (5)

21 Golda —, prime minister of Israel from 1969-74 (4) 22 French department; capital Albi (4) Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Mirror

CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS

1 Perceives sound (5) 7 Much less (3,5) 8 Improvised (2,3) 10 Cheese type (6,4) 12 Innocuous (8)

14 Desire (4)

16 Run against others (4) 17 Clapping (8)

20 Unity and mutual support (10)

23 Equine mammal (5) 24 Abnormal lack of energy (8)

25 Russian alcoholic spirit (5)

DOWN

1 Fireplace (6)

2 Rapid surprise attack (4)

3 Abominable snowman (4)

4 Turning tool (5)

5 Fellow worker (9) 6 Desolate area covered with sand (6)

9 Poorly (5)

11 Jewellery items (9) 13 Weaken (3)

15 Woven fabric (5) 16 Outcome (6)

18 I have found it! (6) 19 Perfect (5)

21 Small carpets (4) 22 Stringed toy (2-2) Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Mirror