Quizword & Crossword

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

ACROSS

1 David —, former controller of Radio 2 and Radio 4 who died in 2007 (5)

7 Beau —, English dandy; subject of a

1954 biopic starring Stewart Granger in the title role (8) 8 Vebjorn —, 1996

Olympic 800m gold medallist (5)

10 Small Australian parakeet popular as a cage bird (10)

12 1969 film Western starring John Wayne and Glen Campbell (4,4) 14 Thomas —, 18th-century English composer noted for his setting of Shakespearean songs (4)

16 Kate —, Labour MP for Vauxhall since 1989; Minister for Sport from 1999-2001 (4) 17 Actor-singer born Marvin Lee Aday in 1947 (4,4)

20 Actor who starred as Ted Striker in 1980 film comedy Airplane! (6,4) 23 County town of County Meath, Ireland (5)

24 Jean —, prime minister of Canada from 1993-2003 (8)

25 Fur helmet worn by certain regiments of hussars and artillerymen (5)

DOWN

1 and 2 Small soft-bodied crustacean that lives in and carries about the empty shells of whelks (6,4) 2 See 1 Down 3 Card game; an old form of poker (4) 4 Dick —, British stage and television comedian who starred as Charlie Tully in 1972 film Ooh

You Are Awful (5)

5 David —, first prime minister of Israel, from 1948-54 (3-6) 6 Arthur C —, author of science fiction novels

The Sands of Mars and Prelude to Space (6) 9 Basic attacking move in fencing (5) 11 Johannes —,

German inventor of printing by movable type (9) 13 University town in central Nigeria; a centre of the cocoa trade (3)

15 D W —, South

Africa Test cricketer who took 7-51 against India in

Nagpur in 2010 (5) 16 Roman poet and satirist whose works include the Ars Poetica (6)

18 1972 Alfred Hitchcock film starring Jon Finch and Barry Foster (6) 19 Chris —, US actor who played Peter Quill in 2014 action film Guardians of the

Galaxy (5)

21 Back part of a golf club head where it bends to join the shaft (4) 22 Actor who played the title role in 1937 film drama Elephant Boy (4)

Crossword ACROSS

1 Cold dish (5)

7 Apply paint or wallpaper to (8) 8 Speed contests (5) 10 Nevertheless (3,3,4) 12 Short rest period at work (3,5) 14 Area of garden grass (4) 16 Box, in training (4) 17 In these times (8) 20 Obliterates (10)

23 One of a set of fixed steps (5) 24 Dead end (3-2-3) 25 Star sign (5)

DOWN

1 Handwriting (6) 2 Region (4)

3 Canvas shelter (4) 4 Group of witches (5) 5 Twin-hulled vessel (9) 6 Humiliate (6)

9 Drink noisily (5) 11 Pleasant to taste (9) 13 Fuss (3)

15 Weekly pay (5)

16 Talk given to an audience (6) 18 Sleeps noisily (6)

19 Any two-footed animal (5) 21 Unfortunately (4) 22 Object in the night sky (4)