Quizword & Crossword

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

QUIZWORD CLUES ACROSS

1 2007 film comedy starring Billy Bob Thornton in the title role (2,8) 8 Stephen —, British theoretical physicist whose books include The Nature of Space and Time (7) 9 Tapered log around 19 feet long tossed in an event at the Highland Games (5)

10 and 11 2012 novel by John Harvey (4,4) 11 See 10 Across 12 Number represented by X in Roman numerals (3) 14 See 23 Across 15 Bouncy A A Milne creation first introduced in 1928 volume The House at Pooh Corner (6) 18 2000 comedy-drama film starring Imelda Staunton and Pete Postlethwaite (3)

20 and 21 2000 adventure-comedy film starring Breckin Meyer and Sean William Scott (4,4) 21 See 20 Across 23 and 14 Slaver and plantation owner in 1852 Harriet Beecher Stowe novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin (5,6) 24 Ernest —, English painter whose works include 1885’s The Bitter Draught of Slavery (7) 25 2006 novel by Dean Koontz (7,3)

DOWN

1 1996 film comedy starring Ellen DeGeneres and Bill Pullman (2,5) 2 1995 novel by Iain Banks (4) 3 Drink made from orange flower water and barley or almonds (6) 4 1988 comedy-drama film starring Tom Cruise and Bryan Brown (8) 5 Ancient measure based on the length of the forearm (5) 6 1925 film directed, written by and starring Charles Chaplin (3,4,4) 7 City in Michigan, US, associated with the furniture manufacturing industry (5,6) 13 Jean-Rodolphe —, 18th-century French architect; designer of the Pont de la Concorde across the River Seine in Paris (8) 16 Bottom-dwelling fish such as the tub — or bluefin — (7) 17 Village in Apulia, Italy; scene of a victory by Hannibal over the Romans in 216 BC (6) 19 — Sea, that part of the Indian Ocean west of the Arafura Sea and north of Australia (5) 22 Piece of music composed for three people (4)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror