Quizword & Crossword Quizword

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

ACROSS

1 Fairy in the J M Barrie

play Peter Pan (6,4)

8 1928 Virginia Woolf novel whose hero metamorphoses into a woman (7)

9 Young unfledged

pigeon (5)

10 John —, theologian who established the Presbyterian Church of Scotland in 1560 (4)

11 Tom —, actor who starred as Frank Ross in 1978 ITV drama series Out (4)

12 Chinese dynasty interrupted by Xin ruler Wang Mang that ruled from 206 BC until AD 220 (3)

14 Market town in Shropshire near the border with Wales that houses a castle (6)

15 Pier —, Sardinia-born actress whose roles included Anna Curtis in 1960 film drama

The Angry Silence (6)

18 Female sheep (3)

20 David —, Best Director Oscar-winner for Lawrence of

Arabia (4)

21 One of the basic patterns of the human fingerprint (4)

23 Hardwood of tropical Africa used as a substitute for teak (5)

24 2002 novel by

Iain Banks (4,3)

25 The —, 2013 novel by

Jack Higgins (5,5)

DOWN

1 New Town in Shropshire between Shrewsbury and Wolverhampton (7)

2 1880 novel by

Emile Zola (4)

3 French anti-ship missile that travels at a very low altitude at high subsonic speed (6)

4 Mark at each end of a tennis court denoting the limit of play (8)

5 County of the Republic of Ireland whose county town is Dundalk (5)

6 Scottish soup made from a fowl boiled with leeks (4-1-6)

7 Name, until 1958, of the Central African Republic (6-5)

13 Town in Shropshire associated with a type of porcelain (8)

16 One of the three gorgons in Greek mythology (7)

17 Brigitte —, actresssinger who played the title role in 1959 film comedy Babette Goes to War (6)

19 Type of lyric poem composed of couplets in which a long line is followed by a shorter one (5)

22 Maori war chant accompanied by gestures (4)