Quizword & Crossword

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

ACROSS

1 Cut of beef extending from the neck to the shoulder blade (5) 4 Card game for four; a forerunner of bridge (5) 10 Brother of Moses in the Old Testament; first high priest of the Israelites (5) 11 Village in West Yorkshire home to the Bronte sisters (7) 12 Cavalier King Charles spaniel with chestnut-and-white markings (8) 13 Ben —, marooned pirate in R L Stevenson novel Treasure Island (4) 15 Greek goddess of wisdom and prudent warfare (6) 17 Pina —, German choreographer associated with the Tanztheater Wuppertal company who died in 2009 (6) 19 The —, 1958 novel by Iris Murdoch (4) 20 Medieval weapon that shoots projectiles called quarrels (8) 23 Town in Surrey at the foot of the North Downs (7) 24 Fruit of the oak tree (5) 25 Sean —, Great Britain 1988 Olympic hockey semi-finals hat-trick scorer (5) 26 Irvine —, author of novels Crime, Glue and Porno (5)

DOWN

2 Lena —, singer-actress who played Glinda the Good in 1978 fantasy film The Wiz (5) 3 Genus of South American trees whose dried bark is a source of quinine (8) 5 Geoffrey —, Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1979-83 (4) 6 Richard —, composer of 1911 opera Der Rosenkavalier (7) 7 Author whose volumes of short stories include The Illustrated Man and I Sing the Body Electric! (3,8) 8 The —, fence in the 2014 Grand National where Teaforthree unseated its rider (5)

9 and 21 1982 graphic novel by Raymond Briggs featuring the couple Jim and Hilda Bloggs (4,3,4,5) 14 Port and resort in Kent on the North Sea coast (8) 16 French abbess; pupil and lover of theologian Peter Abelard (7) 18 Close-fitting medieval visored helmet with a neck guard (5) 21 See 9 Down 22 Stage play by Bertolt Brecht first performed in 1923 (4)