Quizword & Crossword

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

Quizword ACROSS

1 George Bernard Shaw stage play first performed in 1895 in South Shields (7)

7 Port in Israel on the Bay of Acre (5) 8 Actress who played Sloane Peterson in 1986 comedy film Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (3,4)

9 See 11 Across 11 and 9 Danish author of 1937 memoir Out of Africa under pen name Isak Dinesen (5,6) 13 1974 film musical starring Lucille Ball in the title role (4) 14 — Lake, large body of water south of Lake Clark National Park and Preserve in Alaska, US (7) 15 Capital of Sanaga-Maritime department, Littoral Region, Cameroon (4) 16 and 4 Down 1968 novel by Cormac McCarthy (5,4) 17 Yitzhak —, president of Israel from 1952-63 (3-3)

21 See 5 Down 22 and 20 Down

The —, 1979 sci-fi film starring Maximilian Schell and Anthony Perkins (5,4) 23 Caster —, 2016 Olympic women’s 800m gold medallist (7)

DOWN

2 1996 novel by Meera Syal (5,3,2) 3 Medical condition also known as reading disorder (8) 4 See 16 Across 5 and 21 Across 1987-2005 Labour MP; Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 2002-05 (4,7) 6 Port in Tunisia on the Gulf of Gabes (4) 9 Name, until 1989, of southeast Asian country Myanmar (5) 10 Actress who plays Debbie Gallagher in US television series Shameless (4,6)

12 and 19 2006 action film starring Jamie Foxx and Colin Farrell (5,4) 13 Preliminary model or rough draft of a sculpture (8) 18 1994 film drama starring Jodie Foster in the title role (4) Crossword

ACROSS

1 Amidst (7) 7 Fertile spot in a desert (5) 8 Clothes worn in bed (7) 9 Burning (6) 11 Small garden ornament (5) 13 Beach grains (4) 14 Save from destruction (7) 15 Snake sound (4) 16 Explode (2,3) 17 Polite, respectable (6) 21 Art of shaping bushes (7) 22 Find the answer to (5) 23 Respire (7)

DOWN

2 Thick creamy dressing (10) 3 Narrowly-avoided collision (4,4) 4 Drench (4) 5 Bucket (4) 6 Court card (4) 9 In front (5) 10 From now on (10) 12 Baa (5) 13 Unmarried Spanish woman (8) 18 Become or make less hot (4) 19 Nation’s warships (4) 20 Badly off (4)