Quizword & Crossword

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

QUIZWORD CLUES ACROSS

1 1997 action film starring Michael Jai White in the title role (5)

4 and 20 2007 film thriller starring Kevin Bacon and Garrett Hedlund (5,8) 10 Fragrant rootstock of various irises used in perfumery (5) 11 Port in NE Illinois, US, on Lake Michigan (7) 12 Town in Bavaria, Germany; burial place of composer Richard Wagner (8) 13 Venerable —, English monk and saint who died in 735 AD (4) 15 Card game for two to four players similar to ecarte (6) 17 William —, author of novels Spook Country, Idoru and Count Zero (6) 19 The —, 1974 debut novel by James Herbert (4) 20 See 4 Across 23 Julia —, actress who played Saffron in BBC TV sitcom Absolutely Fabulous (7) 24 Administrative centre of East Sussex (5) 25 See 2 Down 26 1953 novel by Mervyn Peake (2,3)

DOWN

2 and 25 Across Lawyer creation of Erle Stanley Gardner who first appeared in 1933 novel The Case of the Velvet Claws (5,5) 3 Lucy —, best friend of Mina Murray in Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel Dracula (8) 5 Southernmost of the Great Lakes of North America (4) 6 PL —, author of 1934 children’s book Mary Poppins (7) 7 2007 novel by James Patterson (6,5) 8 Seann William —, actor who played Bo Duke in 2005 action-comedy film The Dukes of Hazzard (5) 9 2006 comedy-drama film starring Stephen Mangan and Chris Coghill (7,4) 14 Actress who played Arwen in Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (3,5) 16 Member of a Native American people of North and South Carolina also known as Iswa (7) 18 Hickory tree of the southern US with edible nuts (5) 21 PH —, author of 1969 inaugural Booker Prize-winning novel Something to Answer For (5) 22 Highest adult male voice (4)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror

CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS

1 Turning tool (5) 4 Rigid (5) 10 Perch (5) 11 Place apart (7) 12 Long thin loaf (8) 13 Make things with wool (4) 15 Scold harshly (6) 17 Killed in battle with glory (6) 19 Jump (4) 20 Male siblings (8) 23 Upper garments (1-6) 24 Goods carried as freight (5) 25 Concur (5) 26 Wind instrument (5)

DOWN

2 Amid (5) 3 Until this time (8) 5 Sound a horn (4) 6 Face cloth (7) 7 Likelihood (11) 8 Bearing of offspring (5) 9 Bookie’s premises (7,4) 14 Of ships or navigation (8) 16 Aggressive driver (4,3) 18 Frozen dew (5) 21 Wading bird (5) 22 Strong impulse (4)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror