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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 1942 Walt Disney animation based on a story by Felix Salten (5) 4 Philip —, composer of operas Satyagraha and Akhnaten (5) 10 Small insect that feeds by sucking the juices from plants (5) 11 Livio —, 1960 Olympic 200m gold medallist (7) 12 Lytton —, biographer whose works include 1918 volume Eminent Victorians (8) 13 The —, 1966 drama starring Jennifer Jones and Michael Parks (4)

15 and 3 Down 1979 thriller starring Christophe­r Plummer and James Mason (6,2,6) 17 Slow section of a pas de deux in ballet (6) 19 G A R —, England Test cricketer who took 7-35 against New Zealand in Manchester in 1958 (4) 20 Dormant volcano; highest mountain in Hawaii (5,3) 23 1981 sci-fi film starring Sean Connery and Peter Boyle (7) 24 Leonhard —, 18th-century mathematic­ian noted for his work on the calculus of variation (5) 25 and 22 Down Sports stadium in Dublin, Ireland; home of the Gaelic Athletic Associatio­n (5,4) 26 Harold —, comedian who starred in 1947 film The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (5)

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2 Eighth son of Jacob in the Bible; ancestor of one of the 12 tribes of Israel (5) 3 See 15 Across 5 Fat from the abdomen of a pig rendered and clarified for use in cooking (4)

6 and 9 2008 drama starring Dev Patel and Freida Pinto based on novel Q and A by Vikas Swarup (7,11) 7 Tall perennial plant with pale pink flowers (5,6) 8 Henrik —, author of stage plays Hedda Gabler and The League of Youth (5) 9 See 6 Down 14 Chris —, actor who portrayed author Ernest Hemingway in 1996 biopic In Love and War (8) 16 Charles —, US seismologi­st after whom a scale for expressing the magnitude of an earthquake is named (7) 18 Julian —, actor who portrayed Shelley in 1986 film Gothic (5) 21 Jude —, Artistic Director of the Southbank Centre, London, from 2006-18 (5) 22 See 25 Across

CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS

1 Artist’s stand (5) 4 Causing death (5) 10 Over (5) 11 Unscrupulo­us opportunis­t (7) 12 Expressing of expert opinions (8) 13 Inner planet (4) 15 Not awake (6) 17 Signboard on a shopfront (6) 19 Camper’s shelter (4) 20 Incendiary (8) 23 Live together without being married (7) 24 Computer message (1-4) 25 Rapidity (5) 26 Remove one’s clothes (5)

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2 Oak tree fruit (5) 3 Cosmetic item (8) 5 Unfortunat­ely (4) 6 Ancient (7) 7 Negligent profession­al behaviour (11) 8 Group of 20 (5) 9 Fortune-teller’s item (7,4) 14 Sidewalk (8) 16 Cricket delivery (4,3) 18 Breadth (5) 21 Mammal related to the giraffe (5) 22 Competent (4)

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