Quizword & Crossword

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

ACROSS

3 British garden bird, the male of which has a black head and orange-red breast (9)

8 French department; capital Albi (4)

9 1973 novel by Dick Francis (4,4)

10 Bluish-purple colour at the end of the spectrum opposite red (6)

13 Frederick —, prime minister from 1770-82 (5)

14 State of NE India; capital Agartala (7)

15 Jonathan —, 201517 Superbike World Championship winner (3)

16 In poetry, a metrical foot consisting of two long syllables (7)

17 Hard-wearing twill-weave cotton fabric used for trousers and work clothes (5)

21 Yasser —, PLO Chairman; co-recipient of the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize (6)

22 Roman emperor from 14-37 (8)

23 Second letter of the Greek alphabet (4)

24 2009 novel by Anita Brookner (9)

DOWN

1 Featherstone Rovers scrum-half; 1973 Lance Todd Trophy winner (5,4)

2 White-flowered West Indian plant which yields a starch used as a thickener for food (9)

4 Paolo —, Italian composer and singing master to the British Royal Family knighted in 1908 (5)

5 1953 thriller starring Marilyn Monroe and Joseph Cotten (7) 6 Port in SW Republic of Ireland at the mouth of the River Lee (4)

7 Mark —, actor who played Friar Tuck in 2010 action film Robin Hood (4)

11 and 15 2008 Coen Brothers comedy-drama film starring George Clooney and Frances McDormand (4,5,7)

12 Large breed of dog with a black or brown spotted white coat (9)

14 Small peg that supports a golf ball before it is struck (3)

15 See 11 Down

18 Device producing a very powerful narrow beam of coherent light of a single wavelength (5)

19 John —, Director-General of the BBC from 1992-2000 (4)

20 Queen of Sparta in Greek mythology; mother of Helen by Zeus (4)