Quizword & Crossword

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

QUIZWORD CLUES

ACROSS 3 1991 volume of short stories by Hunter S Thompson (9) 8 Lew —, winner of the 1956 Australian Championships singles tennis title (4) 9 Tropical American tree whose unripe fruit yields a liquid used as a dye for tattoos (8) 10 Peninsula in the Ukraine between the Sea of Azov and Black Sea (6) 13 and 14 Singer-actor whose 1989 album debut was Let Love Rule (5,7) 14 See 13 Across 15 and 17 Northampton Saints rugby union fullback; 2009 England Test debutant against Italy (3,5) 16 Long narrow boat used on the canals of Venice (7) 17 See 15 Across 21 Alex —, 1959 Wimbledon men’s singles tennis championship winner (6) 22 Thomas —, furniture maker; author of The Cabinet-maker and Upholsterer’s Drawing-book (8) 23 River that flows through Leicester (4) 24 and 20 Down 1998 comedy-drama starring Lindsay Lohan in dual roles (3,6,4)

DOWN

1 Branch of botany concerned with seaweeds and other algae (9) 2 Commune in Bouches-du-rhone, France; largest suburb of Marseille (9) 4 Xavier —, Spain-born bandleader who appeared in films Bathing Beauty and You Were Never Lovelier (5) 5 Variety of wheat with pale red kernels cultivated as grain for horses (7) 6 Miles —, actor-comedian who played Archie in BBC TV children’s show Balamory (4) 7 The —, 1998-2001 BBC TV drama starring Katy Cavanagh and John Henshaw (4) 11 Thomas —, Jacobean author of stage plays Women Beware Women and Hengist, King of Kent (9) 12 2008 novel by Bernard Cornwell (9) 14 Large New Zealand parrot with brownishgreen plumage (3) 15 Herring or mackerel salted in brine, smoked and cured (7) 18 1998 action film starring Robert De Niro and Jean Reno (5) 19 Eddy —, author of novels The Lucy Ghosts and Ring of Red Roses (4)

20 See 24 Across CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS

3 Slight possibility (3,6) 8 Peepers (4) 9 Salve (8) 10 Concentrate on hearing (6) 13 Bearing of offspring (5) 14 State emphatically (7) 15 Cooking vessel (3) 16 Courage (7) 17 One who moves over snow (5) 21 Scottish dish (6) 22 Well-known (8) 23 Principal (4) 24 Retinue (9)

DOWN

1 Small sweet (5,4) 2 Counterpane (9) 4 Large compound leaf (5) 5 Cafeteria (7) 6 Military land force (4) 7 Traffic marker (4) 11 Combined wireless and record player (9) 12 Stand for (9) 14 Period of time (3) 15 Prime minister (7) 18 Draw up and drop one’s shoulders (5) 19 Caution (4) 20 Public pool (4)