Quizword & Crossword

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

QUIZWORD CLUES ACROSS

1 Sendhil —, actor who played Mohinder Suresh in US television series Heroes (10) 8 British royal house that reigned from 1714-1901 (7) 9 Group of some 500 languages of Africa including Shona and Xhosa (5) 10 See 14 Across 11 Industrial city; capital of Shaanxi province, China (4) 12 Standard monetary unit of Albania (3) 14 and 10 The —, 1984 drama starring Richard Gere and Gregory Hines (6,4) 15 and 18 Score of 40 with one arrow in the game of darts (6,3) 18 See 15 Across 20 See 3 Down 21 Department of NE France; capital Troyes (4) 23 Celia —, actress who portrayed Doris Speed in 2010 BBC TV drama The Road to Coronation Street (5) 24 Sidney —, Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar winner for Lilies of the Field (7) 25 US Secretary of State from 1977-80 (5,5)

DOWN

1 Mary —, author of historical novels The Mask of Apollo and The King Must Die (7) 2 The —, British rock band who recorded 1969 UK no 1 single Blackberry Way (4) 3 and 20 Across Actor who played the title role in BBC TV series Judge John Deed and Inspector George Gently (6,4) 4 Marilynne —, author of 2004 novel Gilead; winner of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (8) 5 Irene —, comedy actress who played the title character in 1970s ITV sitcom For the Love of Ada (5) 6 and 19 1949 stage play by T S Eliot (3,8,5) 7 and 22 1974 musical starring Jeff East and Paul Winfield (11,4) 13 Jean-jacques —, 18th-century political philosopher whose works include The Social Contract (8) 16 Claylike substance; chief ore of aluminium (7) 17 Anatoly —, 1993-99 FIDE world chess champion (6) 19 See 6 Down 22 See 7 Down

CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS

1 Plastic bullet (5,5) 8 Vague (7) 9 Cunningly avoid doing or paying (5) 10 Close to (4) 11 Perceive sound (4) 12 Whiskey grain (3) 14 Regretful (6) 15 Stationary (6) 18 Slope downwards (3) 20 Objective (4) 21 Knitting material (4) 23 Expel from a building (5) 24 Bewildered (2,1,4) 25 Area for spectators (10)

DOWN

1 Separate section of a road (3,4) 2 Roughneck (4) 3 Required (6) 4 Hardhearted (8) 5 Lowest point (5) 6 Subjugated, oppressed (11) 7 Without protection (11) 13 Wolfram (8) 16 Dual (7) 17 Heathens (6) 19 Previous (5) 22 Maori war chant (4)