Quizword & Crossword

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

Quizword ACROSS

Stand-up comedian who portrayed

John the Postman in 2002 biopic 24 Hour Party People (4,6) Oskar —, Best Actor in a Supporting Role Oscar nominee for I Remember Mama (7) Christopher —, author of 1999 novel The Banyan Tree (5) The —, 2008 novel by Will Self (4)

Carlo —, Italian author of 1945 memoir Christ Stopped at Eboli (4) Yoko —, Japan-born musician and artist whose works include 1964 book Grapefruit (3) Woody —, actor who played Draba in 1960 action film Spartacus (6)

Harry —, US composer; inventor of musical instruments the diamond marimba and chromelodeon (6) Roman goddess of the night (3)

20 Friedrich —, German scientist after whom a scale for expressing the hardness of minerals is named (4) Richard —, US inventor of masking tape and Scotch Tape (4)

23 Position-finding device used in underwater navigation (5)

24 Any of several breeds of gundog with a silky coat and long ears (7)

25 1997 action film starring Ray Liotta and Lauren Holly (10) 1 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 18 21

DOWN

Goddess of agricultural fertility in Greek mythology (7) SI unit of electromotive force (4) Robert —, poet who authored 1929 autobiography Goodbye to

All That (6)

John —, Scottish artist whose works include 1767 oil painting King Lear in the Storm (8) Alvar —, Finnish architect and designer of bent plywood furniture (5) 1999 novel by Iain Banks (3,8) 2007 biopic starring Emile

Hirsch as Chris Mccandless (4,3,4) 1949 comedy-drama film starring

Spencer Tracy and Katharine

Hepburn (5,3)

Social insect also called a white ant (7) Long-bladed hand tool used to cut or shape wood, stone or metal (6)

River in Brazil that rises on the Mato Grosso plateau before flowing north to the Amazon delta (5)

22 Chessman of the lowest theoretical value (4) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 13 16 17 19

Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror