Quizword & Crossword

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

Quizword ACROSS

1 Seaport and holiday resort in Kent west of Herne Bay (10)

8 and 24 1975 Western film starring John Wayne and Katharine Hepburn (7,7) 9 See 10 Across

10 and 9 Author of stage plays Barefoot in the Park and The Dinner Party (4,5) 11 Son of Seth in the Old Testament who lived 905 years (4) 12 Island in the Caroline Islands of the Pacific Ocean; an important Japanese naval base in World War II (3) 14 Squeaky-voiced companion of Winnie-the-Pooh in books by A A Milne (6) 15 The —, 1970 novel by Colin Wilson (6) 18 Unit of length equal to 5 yards (3) 20 Burrowing bivalve mollusc such as the quahog (4) 21 John —, chronicler and antiquary who published a Survey of London in 1598 (4) 23 Nelson —, 2008 Olympic triple jump gold medallist (5)

24 See 8 Across 25 1934 detective novel by Rex Stout featuring Nero Wolfe (3-2-5)

DOWN

1 US state; capital Cheyenne (7) 2 Ninth letter of the Greek alphabet (4)

3 and 7 Bill Naughton stage play first produced on BBC Radio in 1957 under the title My Flesh, My Blood (6,3,4,4) 4 The —, 1945 Broadway stage play by Irwin Shaw (8) 5 David —, Labour

MP for Tottenham; Minister of

State for Culture from 2005-07 (5) 6 The —, 2002 action film starring Jason Statham and Shu Qi (11) 7 See 3 Down 13 Michael —, hay-trusser; title character in 1886 Thomas Hardy novel The Mayor of Casterbridge (8) 16 Plant whose large edible leaves are used in salads (7) 17 Blaise —, 17th-century mathematician and philosopher who developed the theory of probability with Pierre de Fermat (6) 19 Male bee in a colony whose function is to mate with the queen (5) 22 Capital of Lot-et-Garonne, France (4) Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror