Quizword & Crossword

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

QUIZWORD CLUES ACROSS

1 Small wingless insect with long antennae that feeds on sugar and starch (10) 8 District of Antwerp, Belgium, on the River Scheldt associated with the shipbuilding industry (7) 9 Charles —, author of 1861 novel The Cloister and the Hearth (5) 10 Light, slender, flexible sword tipped by a button (4) 11 Rod —, entertainer associated with puppet Emu who died in 1999 (4) 12 Standard monetary unit of Romania (3) 14 2003 Scottish Grand National winner ridden by Richard McGrath (6) 15 Town in Tuscany, Italy, between Pisa and Florence (6) 18 1970s ITV science-fiction series created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson (3) 20 C P —, author of novels Homecomings and Time of Hope (4) 21 Former Indian copper coin worth one sixteenth of a rupee (4) 23 Muse of love poetry in Greek mythology (5) 24 2015 novel by Laura Ruby (4,3) 25 2006 mystery film starring Radha Mitchell and Sean Bean (6,4)

DOWN

1 1995 comedy-drama featuring Julia Ormond in the title role (7) 2 God of mischief and destruction in Norse mythology (4) 3 Quintus —, Roman author of epic poem Annales who died in 169 BC (6) 4 Former name of N’Djamena, capital of Chad (4-4) 5 Rafe —, actor who portrayed William Holman Hunt in 2009 BBC TV drama series Desperate Romantics (5)

6 and 16 1822 novel by Walter Scott (3,8,2,5) 7 Capital and largest city of Honduras (11) 13 Long-running US Western television series that starred James Arness and Milburn Stone (8) 16 See 6 Down 17 The —, 1937 novel by J R R Tolkien (6) 19 Mammal of forests of central Africa with a reddish-brown coat (5) 22 Standard unit of currency of Peru replaced by the nuevo sol in 1991 (4)