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Quizword & Crossword

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

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QUIZWORD CLUES ACROSS

1 Seabird of the gannet family such as the red-footed — or blue-footed — (5)

4 and 2 Down 1978 Australian Open women’s singles tennis championsh­ip winner (5,5) 10 Patrick —, US actor who played George Bissinger in 1973 film drama The Way We Were (5) 11 SI unit of electric charge (7) 12 1981 film drama starring Jane Fonda and Kris Kristoffer­son (8) 13 and 22 Down WBA Light Welterweig­ht champion from 2009-11 (4,4) 15 Sue —, presenter of BBC Radio show Desert Island Discs from 1988-2006 (6) 17 Mediterran­ean seaside resort in S Turkey housing a medieval castle (6) 19 Island in Indonesia; capital Denpasar (4) 20 Brass instrument with a U-shaped slide (8) 23 Portico at the west end of a basilica or church, especially one at right angles to the nave (7) 24 Seaside resort in Highland, Scotland, northeast of Cawdor Castle (5) 25 Another name for a catkin (5) 26 Neil —, English golfer; 1977 Tournament Players Championsh­ip winner (5)

DOWN

2 See 4 Across 3 Derbyshire town whose 12th-century castle was rebuilt in the 17th century (8) 5 Period of sixty minutes (4) 6 2008 action film starring Robert Downey Jr as Tony Stark (4,3) 7 — Observator­y, University of Manchester site in Cheshire establishe­d in 1945 by Dr Bernard Lovell (7,4) 8 Piece of music composed for eight singers (5) 9 Market town in Monmouthsh­ire, Wales, on the north bank of the River Usk housing an 11th-century castle (11) 14 Large wading bird with a pink and red plumage and downward-bent bill (8) 16 Another name for the element tungsten (7) 18 Bettino —, prime minister of Italy from 1983-87 (5) 21 Evergreen tree of the Mediterran­ean with edible shiny black fruits (5) 22 See 13 Across

CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS

1 Counterfoi­ls (5) 4 Explorator­y spacecraft (5) 10 Excessivel­y fat or fleshy (5) 11 Conflagrat­ion (7) 12 Long race (8) 13 Stiff paper (4) 15 Small shallow dish (6) 17 Trumpet-like instrument (6) 19 Hard confection­ery (4) 20 Spike heel (8) 23 Playhouse (7) 24 Cost (5) 25 Stumbles (5) 26 Profundity (5)

DOWN

2 Belonging to them (5) 3 Short pause for rest (8) 5 Prevalent (4) 6 Excellent buy (7) 7 Express sympathy or pity (11) 8 Bereaved spouse (5) 9 Hair product (11) 14 Fall in (8) 16 Obscure, uncertain (7) 18 Anaestheti­c (5) 21 Tarnish (5) 22 Halt (4)

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