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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 Oliver —, South African politician; president of the ANC from 1967-91 (5) 4 The —, 1820 novel by Walter Scott (5) 10 See 23 Across 11 Inland port in SE Texas, US; site of the Lyndon B Johnson Space Center (7) 12 1945 Broadway musical by Rodgers and Hammerstei­n based on 1909 stage play Liliom by Ferenc Molnar (8) 13 Tropical Asian plant with fleshy leaves cultivated for its large edible rootstock (4) 15 German river rising in the Black Forest that joins the Rhine at Mannheim (6) 17 Violin played as a folk instrument (6) 19 and 5 Down 2009 novel by David Baldacci (4,4) 20 Ancient catapult for hurling large missiles (8) 23 and 10 Plateau in Tamil Nadu, India noted as a tea-growing district (7,5) 24 Musical ornamentat­ion consisting of the rapid alternatio­n between one tone and the next above it (5) 25 William —, Best Director Oscar winner for Ben-Hur, The Best Years of Our Lives and Mrs Miniver (5) 26 — River, tributary of the Missouri, US that flows into the Lake of the Ozarks reservoir (5)

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2 Alfred —, Austrian psychiatri­st who authored The Neurotic Character and The Practice and Theory of Individual Psychology (5) 3 Jean-Michel —, US artist whose works include 1982’s Moses and the Egyptians (8) 5 See 19 Across 6 1981 sci-fi film starring Sean Connery and Peter Boyle (7) 7 and 22 1926 stage play by W Somerset Maugham whose central character is Constance Middleton (3,8,4) 8 Small mouse-like long-snouted mammal such as the common — (5) 9 and 16 2003 romcom starring George Clooney and Catherine Zeta-Jones (11,7) 14 See 18 Down 16 See 9 Down 18 and 14 Conservati­ve MP for Havant from 1992-2015; 2010-14 Minister of State for Universiti­es and Science (5,8) 21 The —, 1973 comedy-drama film starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford (5) 22 See 7 Down

CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS

1 Halts (5) 4 Light quick meal (5) 10 Scandinavi­an (5) 11 Lawlessnes­s (7) 12 On a higher floor (8) 13 Fencing sword (4) 15 Group of seven (6) 17 Casualty (6) 19 Garden basket (4) 20 Unmarried man (8) 23 Tramp (7) 24 Imperial unit (5) 25 Deadly sin (5) 26 Capture by trickery (5)

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2 Rotates (5) 3 Ready (8) 5 Tidy or carefully |arranged (4) 6 Pilot’s compartmen­t (7) 7 Prying (11) 8 Wed (5) 9 Huge self-service store (11) 14 Of noble birth (8) 16 Rubber suction cup on a rod (7) 18 Inner planet (5) 21 Large passenger ship or aircraft (5) 22 Magician’s stick (4)

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