Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword ACROSS
1 1979 no 1 single by Blondie (6,4) 8 University town in Berkshire on the River Thames (7)
9 Jack —, actor who played Pete Martell in US television series Twin Peaks (5) 10 In weaving, the yarns arranged lengthways on a loom (4)
11 Multihull sailing vessel of the South Pacific (4) 12 Anais —, author of 1964 novel Collages (3)
14 and 24 2010 novel by Lionel Shriver (2,4,3,4) 15 Capital of Lebanon (6) 18 Hirobumi —, former Japanese prime minister assassinated in 1909 (3)
20 Kate —, journalist; author of 2002 autobiography
The Kindness Of Strangers (4)
21 Collective noun for a group of badgers (4) 23 Domesticated
South American cud-chewing animal (5)
24 See 14 Across 25 Light foamy dessert made of egg yolks, sugar and marsala (10)
DOWN
1 1991 Grand National winner ridden by Nigel Hawke (7) 2 Jimmy —, singer-actor who played the title role in 1990s BBC TV drama series Spender (4) 3 In Norse mythology, the dwelling place of the principal gods (6) 4 Felipe —, prime minister of Spain from 1982-96 (8)
5 and 19 Former fly-half; all-time record points scorer for Ireland and Munster Rugby (5,5) 6 Port on the
Rio Grande,
Texas, US, across the border from Matamoros,
Mexico (11)
7 1973 film drama starring Robert De Niro and Harvey Keitel (4,7) 13 Robert —, US Secretary of
Defense from
1961-68 (8)
16 Theodore —, writer whose volume The Waking won the 1954 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (7) 17 Gustave —, French civil engineer after whom a tower in
Paris is named (6) 19 See 5 Down 22 1962 action film featuring Joseph Wiseman in the title role (2,2)
Crossword ACROSS
1 Cut of beef (10) 8 Trapeze artist (7) 9 Single entities (5) 10 Magma emanating from volcanoes (4) 11 Give food to (4)
12 Long period of time (3) 14 Claws (6)
15 Throws lightly or casually (6)
18 Brief sleep (3)
20 Heroic (4)
21 Smile broadly (4) 23 Mental picture (5) 24 Musical instrument (7) 25 Warships (10)
DOWN
1 Wrinkle and contract (7)
2 Ear part (4)
3 One of two (6)
4 Basic unit of an air force (8) 5 Operate a car (5) 6 Game played with bats and a ball (5,6) 7 Murder a prominent person (11)
13 Curiosity (8)
16 Patterns on a zebra (7) 17 Small restaurant (6) 19 Stage of development (5) 22 Gargantuan (4)