Quizword & Crossword

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

QUIZWORD CLUES ACROSS

1 Bowed stringed instrument associated with musicians Lionel Tertis and Emanuel Vardi (5) 7 and 25 Carthaginian general and father of Hannibal (8,5) 8 John —, author of poems The Eve of St Agnes and Ode on a Grecian Urn (5) 10 and 20 1879 Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera subtitled The Slave of Duty (3,7,2,8) 12 Fulke —, poet and dramatist; Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1614-21 (8) 14 Paul —, Swiss artist whose works include 1928’s Cat and Bird (4) 16 In computing, a group of bits processed as a single unit of data (4) 17 1973 film drama starring Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek (8) 20 See 10 Across 23 Sacred book of Islam (5) 24 See 3 Down 25 See 7 Across

DOWN

1 — 1, unmanned spacecraft sent to Mars by NASA in 1975 (6) 2 Another name for a Latvian (4) 3 and 24 Across 1931 novel by E F Benson (4,3,5) 4 Tall pointed cleft cap worn by a Christian bishop (5) 5 Colourless hydrocarbon gas used in welding and lighting (9) 6 Marine fish of tropical and temperate seas with thick lips and a bright coloration (6) 9 The —, 1921 film drama starring Rudolph Valentino in the title role (5) 11 Carnivorous arthropod with a body of between 15 and 190 segments (9) 13 Unit of length of yarn usually 80 yards for wool, 120 yards for cotton and silk and 300 yards for linen (3) 15 Gaston —, Austrian engineer who founded a company in 1963 that now makes firearms (5) 16 City and capital of Madhya Pradesh, India (6) 18 Natural earth containing ferric oxide used as a pigment (6) 19 Tom —, tinker in William Shakespeare play A Midsummer Night’s Dream (5) 21 Martin —, author of novels Yellow Dog and Other People (4) 22 1950s political movement in Cyprus led by Georgeios Grivas (4)

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