Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword ACROSS
1 Best Actor in a Supporting Role Oscar winner for Sayonara (3,7)
8 — Strait, channel of water between Euboea and Boeotia in Greece noted for its strong tidal current (7) 9 Tom —, actor who played Richard Sherman in 1955 film comedy The Seven Year Itch (5) 10 European freshwater fish with a compressed dark-greenish body (4) 11 Deborah —, Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for The Sundowners (4) 12 River upon which Exeter, Devon, stands (3)
14 King of Pylos referred to as the Gerenian horseman in Homer’s The Iliad (6) 15 Small songbird of the finch family often yellowish-green in colour (6)
18 and 20 Author of novels The Famished Road and In Arcadia (3,4) 20 See 18 Across 21 George —, 19th-century authoress of novels Indiana and Consuelo (4) 23 John —, 1988 Olympic 5,000m gold medallist (5) 24 Pear-shaped fruit with a green or blackish leathery skin (7) 25 University city in Minas Gerais, southeast Brazil, on the Paraibuna River (4,2,4)
DOWN
1 Screen or wall decoration at the back of an altar in a church (7) 2 Johnny —, Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for Finding Neverland (4) 3 Historically, the northern province of Ireland (6) 4 Franz Kafka novel published posthumously in 1925 (3,5) 5 Christian Gottlob —, German composer of 1771 opera
Die Apotheke (5) 6 Skiing technique of ascending a slope by walking with skis pointing outwards (11) 7 2010 novel by Joanne Harris (11) 13 Anthony —, author of novels Moriarty and The Killing Joke (8) 16 US state; capital Montgomery (7) 17 1978 film musical starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John (6) 19 Island in the Pacific Ocean; smallest republic in the world (5) 22 Island of the Maltese archipelago; capital Victoria, aka Rabat (4)
Crossword ACROSS
1 Long line of stationary vehicles (7,3) 8 Compel compliance with (7) 9 Power of deciding something (3-2)
10 At that time (4) 11 Second Greek letter (4) 12 Observe (3)
14 Soak up (6) 15 Running pain (6) 18 Petty lie (3)
20 Metal fastener (4) 21 Idiot (4) 23 Grown-up (5) 24 Monotonous (7) 25 Famous (10)
DOWN
1 Hard chewy sweets (7) 2 Ventilates (4) 3 Tentacle (6) 4 Hospital department (8) 5 Bottomless pit (5) 6 Compromise with (4,7) 7 Despite that (11) 13 Brown-haired woman (8)
16 Dual (7)
17 Beer strongly flavoured with hops (6) 19 Savage person or animal (5)
22 Mine passage (4)