Quizword & Crossword

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

Quizword

ACROSS

3 Maria —, Irish author of 1800 novel Castle Rackrent (9)

8 Anson —, Brightonborn animator of films Oh’phelia and Othello who died in 1962 (4)

9 and 14 Across

1886 children’s book by Susan Coolidge (4,4,3,4)

10 Breed of light domestic fowl named after a commune in Yvelines, France (6)

13 and 4 Down

1977 stage play by Howard Brenton (5,5) 14 See 9 Across

15 Cape —, peninsula of

NE Tunisia (3)

16 Island in the Caribbean linked administratively with Barbuda (7)

17 1983 fantasy film starring Ken Marshall and Lysette

Anthony (5)

21 and 24

English title of a three-act opera by Engelbert Humperdinck based on a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm (6,3,6) 22 Nadia —, 1976 and 1980 Olympic artistic gymnastics balance beam gold medallist (8)

23 1994 film drama starring Jack

Nicholson and Michelle Pfeiffer (4)

24 See 21 Across

DOWN

1 Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter whose first five solo albums were named after mathematical symbols (2,7)

2 Mineral also known as white lead ore (9)

4 See 13 Across 5 Protein similar to collagen found in connective tissue (7)

6 Robert —, 1970 Commonwealth 800m gold medallist (4)

7 Sharon —, actress-wife of Roman Polanski murdered in 1969 (4) 11 1965 horror film starring Catherine Deneuve, Yvonne Furneaux and Ian Hendry (9)

12 1985 novel by

A S Byatt (5,4)

14 1988 film thriller starring Dennis

Quaid and Meg

Ryan (1,1,1)

15 North American tree related to the horse chestnut such as the Ohio — or Yellow — (7)

18 and 20

1906 Jack London novel featuring the character Grey

Beaver (5,4)

19 Capital of West Germany from 1949-90 (4)

20 See 18 Down