Quizword & Crossword

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

Quizword ACROSS

3 Jack —, US jazz trombonist; member of sextet Louis Armstrong and his All Stars (9)

8 The —, 2001 film thriller starring Thora Birch and Desmond Harrington (4)

9 Ancient city state on the coast of North Africa founded by Phoenician traders (8)

10 Island of French Polynesia whose largest city is

Papeete (6)

13 Maria —, US mezzo-soprano; mother of actress Rebecca Hall (5)

14 Balsa wood raft used by Thor Heyerdahl to sail from Peru to the Tuamotus in 1947 (3-4)

15 1983 stage play by

Caryl Churchill (3)

16 Town on the River Marne, France; a centre of the champagne industry (7)

17 1966 Grand Nationalwinning horse (5)

21 Chinua —, author of 1958 novel Things

Fall Apart (6)

22 Chief port of Vietnam at the mouth of the Cam River (8)

23 1976 novel by Tom

Sharpe (4)

24 and 15 Down Premiership rugby union club whose home is Kingston Park (9,7)

DOWN

1 2000 novel by Dick

Francis (9)

2 Alois —, German psychiatrist who reported on presenile dementia in 1906 (9)

4 1961 film drama starring Charlton Heston and Sophia Loren (2,3)

5 Gina —, actress whose roles include Sharla Smith in 2011 film thriller Killer Joe (7)

6 Chief coalmining and industrial region of Germany (4)

7 Scottish island of the Inner Hebrides SE of Rum (4)

11 The —, 1999 novel by

Edward Marston (5,4)

12 Body spin in dancing on the toes or the ball of the foot (9)

14 R W T —, England Test cricketer who hit 221 against West Indies at Lord’s in 2004 (3)

15 See 24 Across 18 Hard, ring-shaped

bread roll (5)

19 Billy —, actor who played the title role in 1996 adventure film The Phantom (4)

20 Organisation formed in 1961 to administer a common policy for the sale of petroleum (4)

Crossword ACROSS

3 Crisp skin on roast pork (9)

8 Darts line (4)

9 Driving offence (8)

10 Clinging mollusc (6)

13 Illegal burning (5)

14 Meat retailer (7)

15 Drink gingerly (3)

16 Sweetheart (7)

17 Superlative of bad (5)

21 Elaborately decorated (6)

22 Essential person or thing (8)

23 Go by boat (4)

24 Break through (9)

DOWN

1 Heedlessly rash (9)

2 School science subject (9)

4 Out of practice (5)

5 Medical examination (5-2)

6 Simple board game (4)

7 Religious sisters (4)

11 Quack (9)

12 Fraternal (9)

14 Large (3)

15 Photographer (7)

18 Group of nine (5)

19 Sink one’s teeth into (4)

20 Land measure (4)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror