Quizword & Crossword

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

Quizword ACROSS

3 The —, 1960 comedydrama film starring Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine (9) 8 and 17

1947 film in a comedy series starring Bing Crosby and Bob Hope (4,2,3)

9 Needlework technique in which trimming of one material is sewn on to a larger piece (8) 10 Department of France whose capital is Poitiers (6)

13 Species of marten highly valued for its fur (5)

14 Frederic —, author of 1976 novel The Glittering Prizes (7) 15 Metallic element;

symbol Sn (3)

16 Capital of Cyprus (7)

17 See 8 Across 21 Muse of astronomy in Greek mythology (6)

22 Dennis —, actor who played Gerry Standing in BBC TV series New Tricks (8) 23 Tourist city in NE Hungary at the centre of a wineproducing region (4) 24 Fried or grilled German pork sausage (9)

DOWN

1 Town in NW Kent on the River Thames opposite Tilbury (9)

2 Large African antelope with long curved ridged horns (9)

4 Michael —, actor who played Prince Michael of Moldavia in US soap Dynasty (5)

5 1984 comedy-crime film starring Harry Dean Stanton and Emilio Estevez (4,3)

6 River in Germany that flows through Wurzburg to the Rhine (4)

7 Island nation in the South Pacific Ocean whose capital is Alofi (4)

11 1814 novel by Maria

Edgeworth (9)

12 Queen of Egypt from

51-30 BC (9)

14 Long, narrow inlet of the sea coast found especially in SW Ireland and NW Spain (3)

15 Game bird of Central and South America related to the ratites (7)

18 Capital of Tunisia (5) 19 John Dickson —, author of 1935 mystery novel The Hollow Man (4) 20 1995 crime film starring Al Pacino and Robert De Niro (4)