Quizword & Crossword

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

QUIZWORD CLUES ACROSS

1 and 6 Down Henry Wadsworth Longfellow narrative poem included in 1842 collection Ballads and Other Poems (3,5,2,3,8) 8 In baseball, a hit that enables the batter to run round all four bases (4,3) 9 City and resort in SE Florida, US (5) 10 2014 children’s novel by Alan Gibbons (4) 11 and 2 Down 1847 novel by Currer Bell, aka Charlotte Bronte, featuring the character Helen Burns (4,4) 12 Diving bird of northern oceans with a black and white plumage (3) 14 Long-handled agricultural tool with a curved blade (6) 15 Hand tool used to cut or shape wood, stone or metal (6) 18 Tall tree affected by fungal disease DED (3) 20 River that flows to the North Sea at Sunderland (4) 21 Jon —, Spanish golfer; 2018 Careerbuilder Challenge tournament winner (4) 23 Al —, US motor racing driver; 1987 Indianapolis 500 winner (5) 24 and 13 Down 1965 sci-fi film starring Dana Andrews and Janette Scott (5,2,3,5) 25 Overseas region of France in the Caribbean; capital Basse-terre (10)

DOWN

1 Christopher —, actor who portrayed James Herriot in BBC TV series All Creatures Great and Small (7) 2 See 11 Across 3 Boat rowed by three people in which the person in the middle uses two oars and the others one oar each (6) 4 Bay of —, that part of the Gulf of Mexico west of the Yucatan Peninsula (8) 5 Scarlett —, protagonist in 1936 Margaret Mitchell novel Gone with the Wind (5) 6 See 1 Across 7 Co-writer, with Ian La Frenais, of BBC TV sitcoms Porridge and The Likely Lads (4,7) 13 See 24 Across 16 2012 drama starring Jordin Sparks and Whitney Houston (7) 17 Blaise —, 17th-century mathematician and philosopher who developed the theory of probability with Pierre de Fermat (6) 19 Nicolas —, 2004 Olympic singles tennis gold medallist (5) 22 Capital of Azerbaijan (4)