Quizword & Crossword

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

Quizword ACROSS

Max —, German artist whose works include 1921’s Celebes (5) Arthur Saint-leon ballet with music by Leo Delibes first produced in 1870 (8) Hebrew minor prophet whose Old Testament book foretells the destruction of

Samaria (5)

1948 and 1952

Olympic decathlon gold medallist (3,7) Marlene —, Best

Actress in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for Morocco (8)

Capital of Lot-et-garonne,

France (4)

Diminutive deer of South America with a reddish-brown spotted coat (4)

Duke of —, prime minister from

1807-09 born William Cavendish-bentinck (8)

20 Supposed torture device consisting of a hinged case lined with spikes (4,6)

23 Capital of

Deux-sevres department,

France (5)

24 Town southeast of Birmingham housing the

National Exhibition Centre (8)

25 Ed —, US actor who starred as

Rusty Griswold in 2015 film comedy Vacation (5) 1 7 8 10 12 14 16 17

DOWN

1 and 18 Title character of 1844 Alexandre Dumas novel The Count of Monte Cristo (6,6) Swedish aircraft and defence company founded in 1937 (4) 2006 adventure comedy film starring Tim Allen and Courteney Cox (4)

Any of various breeds of dog with very dense hair and a tightly-curled tail (5) Margery —, author of detective novels Mystery Mile and The Case of the Late Pig (9) Peter —, Swedish golfer; 2012 KLM Open tournament winner (6) The —, 2002 film drama starring Nicole Kidman as Virginia Woolf (5) 1842 novel by

Nikolai Gogol (4,5) Sound made by a pigeon (3) Johannes —, Swiss painter who taught at the Bauhaus from 1919-23 (5)

2011 film thriller starring Paul Bettany in the title role (6)

18 See 1 Down

19 City in Nebraska, US, on the Missouri River opposite Council

Bluffs, Iowa (5) Daughter of King Eurytus in Greek mythology loved by Heracles (4)

22 Winged goddess of victory in Greek mythology (4) 2 3 4 5 6 9 11 13 15 16 21

Crossword ACROSS

Long seat (5) Telephone advice service (8) Smooth and shiny (5) Direct and outspoken (10)

12 Rapturous (8)

14 Miniscule (4)

16 Land measure (4)

17 Cosh (8)

20 Antibiotic (10)

23 Tarnish (5)

24 Star sign (8)

25 Underground

drain (5) 1 7

8 10

DOWN

Next to (6)

Musical pitch indicator (4)

3 Tidy, clean (4)

4 Steeple (5)

5 Makes unrecognisable (9)

6 Aristocracy (6)

9 Holy book of Islam (5)

11 Spaceman (9)

13 Unwell (3)

15 Confess (5)

16 Ask earnestly (6)

18 Chatter (6)

19 Derision (5)

21 Noisy (4)

22 Back of the neck (4) 1 2

Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror