Quizword & Crossword

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

Quizword ACROSS

1 and 8 English model and fitness expert known as the Green Goddess (5,5) 7 Strong white metallic element; symbol Ti (8) 8 See 1 Across 10 2006 mystery film starring Radha Mitchell and Sean Bean (6,4) 12 Indian diamond; part of the Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom (3-1-4) 14 and 25 Manchester-born singer and actor in The Monkees; 1963 Best Featured Actor in a Musical Tony Award nominee for Oliver (4,5) 16 Ade —, 1989 European Indoor Championships 200m gold medallist (4) 17 1988 science fiction novel by Greg Bear (8) 20 Actress who played Helga Geerhart in BBC TV sitcom ‘Allo ‘Allo! (3,7) 23 County of England bordered by Cornwall, Dorset and Somerset (5) 24 Scott —, Scottish golfer; 2004 Volvo PGA Championship tournament winner (8) 25 See 14 Across

DOWN

1 — rose, plant cultivated for its pink or red flowers used to make the perfume attar (6) 2 County town of County Kildare, Republic of Ireland (4) 3 See 11 Down 4 Ashleigh —, 2019 French Open singles tennis championship winner (5) 5 Drug prepared from the dried leaves of the foxglove (9) 6 Jane —, author of novels Moo and A Thousand Acres (6) 9 Avi —, 1992-2005 Israel attacking footballer; Derby County loanee from Maccabi Tel-aviv in 1999-00 (5) 11 and 3 Series of children’s novels by Enid Blyton featuring the characters Dick, Anne, Julian and George (3,6,4) 13 Erect annual grass grown for its edible seed (3) 15 B C —, England Test cricketer who made 112 against Australia in Melbourne in 1986 (5) 16 Kevin —, actor who plays Dr Owen Hunt in US television series Grey’s Anatomy (6) 18 Ben —, rugby union scrum-half; 2010 England Test debutant against Scotland (6) 19 Board game in which players try to transfer pieces from their own to their opponents’ bases (5) 21 English river that flows to the North Sea at South Shields (4) 22 Roman emperor from 54-68 (4)

Crossword ACROSS

1 Thieve (5) 7 Hard shell of crabs and tortoises (8) 8 Cinder (5) 10 Slow down (10) 12 Teaches (8) 14 Lazy (4) 16 Puts on (4) 17 Swindles (8) 20 Carries or conveys in a lorry or ship (10) 23 Spanish man (5) 24 Fall in (8) 25 Single game of snooker (5)

DOWN

1 Arm of a shirt (6) 2 Elderly (4) 3 Masculine (4) 4 Edges of a roof (5) 5 Involving great risk (9) 6 Strict or harsh (6) 9 Summarise (5) 11 Revolving platform (9) 13 Before (3) 15 Worries (5) 16 Perceive or notice (6) 18 Change direction suddenly (6) 19 Academy Award (5) 21 Approximately (2,2) 22 Burn the surface of, scorch (4)