Quizword & Crossword

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

Quizword

ACROSS

1 1848 novel by William Thackeray subtitled A Novel without a Hero (6,4)

8 Mediterranean coastal region between Cannes, France, and La Spezia, Italy (7)

9 Spanish wine with a vanilla bouquet produced around the Ebro River (5)

10 Longest river

in Africa (4)

11 Collective noun for

a group of quail (4)

12 Island in the Caroline Islands of the Pacific Ocean; an important Japanese naval base in World War II (3)

14 John —, 19th-century British statesman who led the Anti-corn-law League with

Richard Cobden (6)

15 Georgy —, Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union from 1955-57 (6) 18 University town in central Nigeria; a centre of the cocoa trade (3)

20 Anneka —, Welsh television presenter whose credits include Treasure Hunt and Wish You Were Here? (4)

21 Heinrich —, winner of the 1972 Nobel

Prize in Literature (4) 23 Yellow-flowered evergreen shrub of the pea family also called furze (5)

24 Genus of plants of the saxifrage family with ornamental spikes of pink, red or white flowers (7) 25 Archaic name for feast Holy Innocents’ Day, held on 28th December in the Western Church (10)

DOWN

1 Antonio —, Italian violinist and composer of concertos

The Four Seasons (7)

2 Large Old World tree of the mahogany family (4)

3 Isle of —, area of Kent formerly separated from the mainland by the Wantsum Channel (6) 4 John —, actor who played Blake Carrington in US television drama series Dynasty (8)

5 James —, Best Director Oscar nominee for Howards End, A Room with a View and The Remains of the Day (5) 6 Test cricket ground; headquarters of Nottinghamshire

CCC (5,6)

7 1939 novel by

Patrick White (5,6)

13 Tributary of the River Thames that flows through Oxford (8)

16 Tony —, snooker player; 1983 Professional Players Tournament winner (7) 17 Musical interval considered as having eight steps (6) 19 Wire coloured green and yellow in a British power plug (5) 22 Egyptian sun god; one of the

Great Ennead (4)

Crossword

ACROSS

1 Tremor of

the ground (10)

8 Outer planet (7)

9 Go by car (5)

10 Article (4)

11 Personal

equipment (4)

12 Snake-like fish (3) 14 Quicker (6)

15 High-quality

brandy (6)

18 Decompose (3)

20 Neckwear items (4)

21 Movie (4)

23 Hospital worker (5) 24 Non-believer? (7) 25 Seek in vain (7,3)

DOWN

1 Emperor’s wife (7) 2 Overwhelming

defeat (4)

3 Took notice of (6) 4 One expected

to lose (8)

5 Sharp-edged cutting instrument (5)

6 Apathetic (11)

7 Substitute (11)

13 Fidgety (8)

16 Not either (7)

17 Deadly (6)

19 Battery-operated

lamp (5)

22 Fifty per cent (4)