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 Leading Role Oscar winner for Save the Tiger (4,6)

8 Anatomical term for the back of the head (7)

9 City in South Korea housing the Kyungpook National University (5)

10 The —, 2000 comedydrama film starring Sam Neill and Billy Mitchell (4)

11 Long-haired sheepdog also called a Hungarian Water Dog (4)

12 Standard currency of Bulgaria (3)

14 Track cycling competition consisting of six events (6)

15 Standard monetary unit of Israel (6)

18 Game for two in which players take turns to remove matches from several rows (3)

20 Nest of a squirrel (4)

21 Goat-like mammal with a shaggy coat and curved horns such as the Himalayan — (4)

23 Strong polymer first produced by the DuPont firm in the 1930s (5)

24 1928 film starring Lillian Gish and Lars Hanson based on a novel by Dorothy Scarborough (3,4)

25 The —, 1961 novel by Brian Aldiss (6,4)

DOWN

1 Peter —, Best Director Oscar winner for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (7)

2 and 22

1962 film thriller starring Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum (4,4)

3 Soluble powder obtained from certain lichens used as an indicator (6)

4 See 6 Down

5 Shaquille —, US NBA player who played the title role in films Steel and Kazaam (5)

6 and 4

2004 novel by Reginald Hill (4,7,8)

7 City in NE Mexico across the Rio Grande from Texas (5,6)

13 First part of the small intestine (8)

16 Blue aluminium silicate mineral used in bathroom porcelain (7)

17 Harvey —, Best Actor in a Supporting Role Oscar nominee for Bugsy (6)

19 Any of the twelve broad-faced grinding teeth in humans (5)

22 See 2 Down

Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror