Quizword & Crossword

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

Quizword ACROSS

1 Nellie —, Australian operatic soprano who died in 1931 (5) 7 Very hot type of green chilli pepper used in Mexican cookery (8) 8 Accidental in music that raises the pitch of the following note by one chromatic semitone (5)

10 Overseas region of France in the Caribbean; capital Basse-terre (10)

12 Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Oscar nominee for

The Brothers Karamazov (3,1,4) 14 Movement disorder affecting golfers (4) 16 Room or hall used for the practice of martial arts (4)

17 Port in southeast Sicily on the Ionian Sea (8) 20 Brown and white songbird known in North America as the bank swallow (4,6) 23 2002 sci-fi film starring Mel Gibson and Joaquin Phoenix (5) 24 Prayer to the Virgin Mary in the Roman Catholic Church (3,5) 25 Joseph —, 1996

Olympic 3,000m steeplechase gold medallist (5)

DOWN

1 Marine bivalve mollusc such as the edible blue — (6) 2 Bjorn —, 1976-80 Wimbledon singles tennis championship winner (4)

3 and 21 1998 film thriller starring

Morgan Freeman and Christian Slater (4,4) 4 Ed —, 2007-10

Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families; chairman of Norwich City FC since 2015 (5)

5 and 13 2018 biopic starring Steve Carell as David Sheff (9,3) 6 Bernard —, actor who played

Stan Ogden in ITV soap Coronation Street (6) 9 Husband of Judy in a traditional children’s puppet show (5)

11 Golfer; 1998 US

Open championship winner (3,6)

13 See 5 Down 15 Colin —, musical director of the

English National Opera from 1961-65 (5)

16 Town in Saxony-anhalt, Germany, at the confluence of the Elbe and Mulde Rivers (6) 18 1996 action film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Caan (6) 19 The Muslim community throughout the world (5)

21 See 3 Down 22 Longest river in Africa (4)