Quizword & Crossword QUIZWORD CLUES

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

1 and 20 2009 novel by Bernard Cornwell (3,7,4) 8 Country in NE Africa; capital Asmara (7) 9 Nine-headed monster in Greek mythology (5) 10 Lorna —, actress-singer who played Paulette Rebchuck in 1982 film musical Grease 2 (4) 11 River in Germany upon which Aachen and Geilenkirchen stand (4)

12 Tall annual grass with soft bluish-green leaves (3)

14 Pat —, 1997 US Open men’s singles tennis championship winner (6)

15 Tree native to Africa and northern Australia also called a monkey bread tree (6) 18 Justin —, former Samoa, Wasps and Glasgow Warriors prop (3)

20 See 1 Across 21 Decapod crustacean such as the Chinese mitten — (4) 23 Valentino —, 2002-05, 2008 and 2009 winner of the MotoGP World Championship (5)

24 Ancient Greek galley with three banks of oars on each side (7) 25 1994 romcom starring Michael Keaton and Geena Davis (10)

DOWN

1 and 22 2001 novel by Terry Pratchett (5,2,4) 2 — Peninsula, triangular area of land between the Great Australian Bight and Spencer Gulf (4) 3 Seventh planet from the sun (6)

4 Book of the Bible named after a cupbearer to Persian king Artaxerxes (8) 5 Point on the celestial sphere directly below an observer (5)

6 1957 film drama starring Stanley Baker and Herbert Lom (4,7) 7 The —, 1863 children’s novel by Charles Kingsley subtitled A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby (5-6) 13 Paul —, 19th-century French poet whose volumes include Poemes saturniens (8) 16 Anthony —, author of novels Abba Abba and A Clockwork Orange (7) 17 2000 crime film starring Benicio Del Toro and Dennis Farina (6) 19 Greek author of fables (5)

22 See 1 Down

Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror