Quizword & Crossword

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

QUIZWORD CLUES ACROSS

1 Muriel —, author of novels The Girls of Slender Means and The Finishing School (5) 4 and 18 Down Central character in 1840s W M Thackeray novel Vanity Fair (5,5) 10 and 17 The —, 1937 novel by C S Forester (5,6) 11 Louis —, 19th-century French inventor of a system of raised writing for the blind (7) 12 1948 crime film starring Humphrey Bogart and Edward G Robinson (3,5) 13 Greenish-blue colour complementary to red (4) 15 Richard —, prime minister of New Zealand from 1893-1906 (6) 17 See 10 Across 19 Jennifer —, actress who portrayed Myrtle Logue in 2010 biopic The King’s Speech (4) 20 See 22 Down 23 Mount —, volcano and highest mountain in Washington state, US (7) 24 Margaret —, 2004 London Marathon elite race winner (5) 25 Port in Germany at the confluence of the Rivers Rhine and Main (5) 26 Jorn —, Danish architect; designer of the Sydney Opera House (5)

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2 and 7 2006 novel by Clare Allan (5,11) 3 Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 1976-79 (3,5)

5 Mild yellow Dutch cheese (4) 6 Actress who played The Sorceress in 2002 action film The Scorpion King (5,2) 7 See 2 Down 8 Victor —, rugby union prop; 1992 England Test debutant against Canada (5) 9 Oskar —, Swedish golfer; 2009 Moravia Silesia Open tournament winner (11) 14 Plant of North America such as the large-flowered — or perfoliate — (8) 16 1971 film drama starring Carol White and John Mills (7) 18 See 4 Across 21 US state; capital Boise (5) 22 and 20 Across Welsh actress who played Livia in 1976 BBC TV drama series I, Claudius (4,8)