Quizword & Crossword

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

QUIZWORD ACROSS

1 Industrial town in the West Midlands east of Wolverhampton (7) 7 Samantha —, singer-actress who played Mara in 2002 adventure film The Time Machine (5) 8 Denholm —, Best Actor in a Supporting Role Oscar nominee for A Room with a View (7) 9 Largest tributary of the Hudson River in the state of New York, US (6) 11 Genus of small terrestrial lizards that inhabit warm regions of the Old World (5) 13 Ninth letter of the Greek alphabet (4) 14 Designated new town in Powys, Wales, on the River Severn (7) 15 Male of a red deer (4) 16 Traditional name of the star in constellation Ursa Major also called Alpha Ursae Majoris (5) 17 2003 novel by Garrison Keillor (4,2) 21 1979 comedy film starring Steve Martin and Bernadette Peters (3,4) 22 Bob —, Best Director Oscar winner for Cabaret (5) 23 Side of a coin that bears the main design (7)

DOWN

2 Musical direction indicating that a piece be played fairly quickly or briskly (10) 3 and 10 1994 comedy-crime film starring Kevin Spacey and Frank Whaley (8,4,6) 4 Ancient plucked stringed instrument whose body is shaped like a sliced pear (4) 5 Goddess of womanhood and childbirth associated with the Greek Hera by the Romans (4) 6 1974 Eurovision Song Contest winners with Waterloo (4) 9 Roy —, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 1976-79 (5) 10 See 3 Down 12 2007 film thriller starring Hayden Christensen and Jessica Alba (5) 13 Villain in 1876 novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain (5,3) 18 Any of a family of stringed instruments that preceded the violin family (4) 19 1985 film drama starring Cher and Sam Elliott (4) 20 European game fish with a cylindrical dark-greenish body (4)