Quizword & Crossword

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

Quizword

ACROSS 1 David —, host of 1960s satirical BBC TV show That Was the Week That Was (5)

7 Patrick —, Irish poet and novelist who authored 1938 autobiographical work The Green Fool (8)

8 Lowest deck in a vessel with four or more decks (5)

10 2002 comedy-drama film starring Ice Cube and Anthony Anderson (10)

12 Cloris —, Best Actress in a Supporting Role Oscar winner for The Last Picture Show (8)

14 1957 novel by Vladimir Nabokov (4)

16 That part of the lower back also called the lumbus (4)

17 Rugby union wing who scored the winning try on his 1959 Wales Test debut against England (4,4)

20 The —, 2006 novel by Sarah Waters (5,5)

23 1881 novel by Johanna Spyri (5)

24 Horse racecourse that hosts the Sussex Stakes each summer (8)

25 Robert —, prime minister of Australia from 1983-91 (5)

DOWN

1 Friedrich —, German educator who opened the Kindergarten institute in 1840 (6)

2 1987 novel by Rex Miller (4)

3 Charles —, author of the 1823 collection Essays of Elia (4)

4 Name, from 1971-97, of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (5)

5 1986 film thriller starring William Petersen based on the Thomas Harris novel Red Dragon (9)

6 Frederic —, Polish composer whose Waltz in D Flat Major, Op 64 No 1 is known as the Minute Waltz (6)

9 Charles —, French film pioneer who died in 1957 (5)

11 Anthony —, 16th-century English conspirator executed for plotting to assassinate Elizabeth I (9)

13 Unit of area equal to 100 square metres (3)

15 The —, 1979 Jackie Collins novel featuring the characters Nico Constantine and Fontaine Khaled (5)

16 Michael —, rugby union fly-half whose 1984 Australia Test debut was against Fiji (6)

18 Country in Central America whose capital is Belmopan (6)

19 Madeleine —, actress whose roles include Julie Moore in 2002 film drama We Were Soldiers (5)

21 Old Testament Hebrew prophet of the 8th century BC (4)

22 Queen of the Olympian gods in Greek mythology (4)

Crossword

ACROSS 1 Flashlight (5)

7 Shiner (5,3)

8 Month (5)

10 Likeness (10)

12 Beekeeper (8)

14 Nefarious (4)

16 Darker part of twilight (4)

17 Children’s game (8)

20 Verging on an extreme condition (10)

23 Unspoken (5)

24 Subtract (4,4)

25 Room’s lower surface (5)

DOWN

1 Emotional shock (6)

2 Stylish (4)

3 Flutter (4)

4 Derision (5)

5 Persist determinedly (9)

6 Doghouse (6)

9 Truck (5)

11 Attack by military planes or helicopters (9)

13 Observe (3)

15 Used up (5)

16 Formal discussion (6)

18 Channel for carrying off rainwater (6)

19 Of the kidneys (5)

21 Ooze, seep (4)

22 Member of the nobility (4)