Quizword & Crossword

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

QUIZWORD CLUES ACROSS

1 Mass of husks separated from seeds during threshing (5) 7 and 6 Down 1954 stage play by Brendan Behan (3,5,6) 8 1997 sci-fi film starring Mira Sorvino and Jeremy Northam (5) 10 Large body of water in SE Siberia; UNESCO World Heritage Site from 1996 (4,6) 12 See 9 Down 14 Large bird such as the carrion — (4) 16 See 23 Across 17 John —, US winner of the 1978 PGA Championship (8) 20 and 24 2006 comedy-drama film starring Greg Kinnear and Steve Carell (6,4,8) 23 and 16 Across Kenya-born rugby union lock; 1996 England Test debutant against Italy (5,4) 24 See 20 Across 25 Collective noun for a flock of geese in flight (5)

DOWN

1 Another name for the Welsh language (6) 2 Light slender flexible sword tipped by a button (4) 3 Syngman —, president of South Korea from 1948-60 (4) 4 Young unfledged pigeon (5) 5 1991 film drama starring Kurt Russell and William Baldwin (9) 6 See 7 Across 9 and 12 Across 1966 BBC TV drama in The Wednesday Play series starring Carol White in the title role (5,4,4) 11 Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar winner for La La Land (4,5) 13 Large extinct flightless bird of New Zealand (3) 15 CGS unit of magnetic induction (5) 16 1984 romcom starring Tom Hanks and Daryl Hannah (6) 18 Province of SW China; capital Kunming (6) 19 Town in Valencia, Spain, noted for the performance of an annual medieval religious drama (5) 21 City in Belgium; capital of Hainaut province (4) 22 Fabric made from fine threads produced by certain insect larvae (4)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror

CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS

1 Serene joy (5) 7 Salad dish (8) 8 Doctrine (5) 10 Moral or legal requirement (10) 12 Gaseous element (8) 14 Story (4) 16 Fossil fuel (4) 17 Secret, confidential (4-4) 20 Fickle (10) 23 Keen (5) 24 Pliable (8) 25 School furniture items (5)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror

DOWN

1 Large blunt needle (6) 2 Japanese wrestling (4) 3 Pith helmet (4) 4 Of the foot (5) 5 Final demand (9) 6 Sudden brief stabbing pain (6) 9 Superior of a community of monks (5) 11 Ruse (9) 13 Flightless bird (3) 15 Complete (5) 16 Calm the anger of (6) 18 Card suit (6) 19 Another time (5) 21 Wheel spindle (4) 22 Lack of difficulty (4)