Quizword & Crossword

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

Quizword ACROSS

1 1982 Grand National-winning horse ridden by Dick Saunders (7) 7 and 15

Labour MP for Neath 1991-2015; Secretary of State for Wales from 2009-10 (5,4) 8 and 11 The —, 1920 Broadway stage play by Eugene O’Neill (7,5) 9 River rising in the Andes that forms part of the BoliviaBrazil border (6)

11 See 8 Across 13 Suburb of Paris housing an international airport (4)

14 Wizard in J R R Tolkien novel The Hobbit (7)

15 See 7 Across 16 George —, actor who played Norm in US television sitcom Cheers (5)

17 and 22

French painter whose works include 1898’s Vierge nimbee (6,5)

21 New Zealand try scorer in their 9-0 win over France in the 1960 Rugby League World Cup (3,4)

22 See 17 Across 23 Brimin —, 2008 Olympic men’s 3,000m steeplechase gold medallist (7)

DOWN

2, 3 and 13 Down 2006 novel by John Mortimer (7,3,3,5,2,6)

3 See 2 Down 4 Genus of plants native to southern Africa with red or yellow flowers (4)

5 City in Thuringia, Germany; site of an 1806 battle at which Napoleon defeated the Prussians (4) 6 Roman emperor from 54-68 (4) 9 1998 animated film based on a Chinese legend whose title character is voiced by Ming-Na Wen (5)

10 Singer-actor who portrayed Johnny Edgecombe in 1989 film drama Scandal (6,4)

12 See 20 Down

13 See 2 Down 18 Charles —, American modernist composer of the fourmovement A Symphony: New England Holidays (4) 19 Woodwind instrument whose mouthpiece has a double reed (4) 20 and 12 Secretary-General of the UN from 1997-2006 (4,5)

Crossword ACROSS

1 Personal belongings (7) 7 Forest clearing (5) 8 Illegal (7) 9 Schedule (6) 11 Electricity supply (5) 13 Streetcar (4) 14 Defeat (7) 15 Ridge of drifted sand (4) 16 Breaks suddenly (5) 17 Horse’s home (6)

21 Rough dry cider (7) 22 Untrue (5)

23 World language (7)

DOWN

2 Do as others do (6,4) 3 Proof (8)

4 Any slip or blunder (4)

5 Online journal (4)

6 Paradise (4)

9 Concerning (5)

10 Trousers with narrow legs (10)

12 Sleep noisily (5)

13 Calm and quiet (8) 18 Member of an ethnic group inhabiting Western Asia and North Africa (4)

19 Only remaining (4) 20 Scrutinise carefully (4)