Quizword & Crossword

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

Quizword ACROSS

1 County of the

Republic of Ireland; county town Navan (5) 7 Brian —,

BBC diplomatic correspondent who died in 2010 (8)

8 Lesley —, actress who played Louise Clancy in 1993 film drama Naked (5) 10 Recurring orchestral passage in Baroque music between verses of an aria (10) 12 Current and most recent geological era (8) 14 White sheep or goat cheese popular in Greece (4)

16 Industrial city in northwest France; capital of Calvados department (4)

17 2008 Martin Mcdonagh comedy-drama film starring

Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson (2,6)

20 and 5 Down BBC TV quiz show chaired by Jeremy Paxman (10,9)

23 1881 novel by

Johanna Spyri (5)

24 1974 sci-fi film starring and co-written by

Dan O’bannon (4,4)

25 See 13 Down

DOWN

1 and 9 1988 comedy-drama film starring Annabeth Gish, Julia Roberts and Lili Taylor (6,5) 2 1918 novel by Wyndham Lewis featuring the character Otto Kreisler (4) 3 Heavy-bodied fast-swimming mackerel shark whose species are the shortfin — and longfin — (4)

4 and 21 In bridge, the winning of 13 tricks in a hand (5,4)

5 See 20 Across 6 Republic in southwest Africa; capital Luanda (6)

9 See 1 Down

11 1978 film drama starring

Kristin Griffith and Mary Beth Hurt (9)

13 and 25 Across

1958 Commonwealth 220 yds butterfly swimming gold medallist (3,5)

15 Cape —, promontory at the northwest extremity of mainland Scotland (5) 16 Murder mystery board game launched in 1949 (6)

18 Bela —, Hungary-born paediatrician who developed a test to determine susceptibility to diphtheria (6)

19 Peter —, author of stage works

The Investigation and Marat/sade (5)

21 See 4 Down 22 Second largest of the Shetland Islands after Mainland (4)

Crossword ACROSS

1 Area of sand on a shore (5) 7 Mishap (8) 8 Lawful (5) 10 Reiteration (10) 12 Decode (8) 14 Wealthy (4) 16 Small room in a pub (4)

17 Bring to an end (8)

20 Inferred (10)

23 Large hooded

jacket (5)

24 Guitar

pick (8)

25 Guide (5)

DOWN

1 Slow sentimental song (6)

2 Scorch (4)

3 Darts line (4)

4 Shinbone (5) 5 Scrumptious (9)

6 Foul smell (6)

9 Jumps (5)

11 Dishonest or unscrupulous person (9)

13 Self-confidence (3)

15 Exclusive news story (5)

16 Cricket sticks (6)

18 Chocolate finger-cake (6)

19 Wooden packing case (5)

21 Based on fact (4)

22 Stupid (4)