Quizword & Crossword

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

Quizword ACROSS

1 Gambling game using two dice in which a player wins if 7 or 11 is thrown (5)

7 See 12 Across 8 Mountain system in central Russia whose highest peak is Mount Narodnaya (5)

10 and 23 Horse that won the 2004 Grand National (10,5)

12 and 7 2014 Commonwealth men’s individual triathlon gold medallist (8,8)

14 Jamie —, actor who played Corporal Klinger in US television sitcom M*A*S*H (4)

16 Jeff —, IBF Super Middleweight champion from 2004-06 (4)

17 Pasta in the form of

narrow tubes (8)

20 Coastal town in N Somerset west of Avonmouth (10)

23 See 10 Across 24 Synthetic rubber resistant to oil and ageing used in paints and diving suits (8)

25 Jorn —, Danish architect who designed the Sydney Opera House (5)

DOWN

1 Period of continuous play in the game of polo (6) 2 Standard monetary

unit of Botswana (4)

3 Herbert Beerbohm —, English actor-manager who died in 1917 (4)

4 River in North Yorkshire that joins the Ure to form the Ouse (5)

5 Large crocodilian of

the southern US (9)

6 1880 novel by Lew Wallace subtitled A Tale of the Christ (3-3) 9 Jan —, prime minister of South Africa from 1939-48 (5)

11 US frontiersman and Union army officer who died in 1868 (3,6) 13 and 16 Actressdirector who starred as Emily Bronte in 1946 film drama Devotion (3,6)

15 Mo —, 2012 and 2016 Olympic men’s 5,000 and 10,000m gold medallist (5)

16 See 13 Down

18 The —, 2015 film comedy starring Robert De Niro and Anne Hathaway (6)

19 Seventh sign of the

zodiac (5)

21 Unit of length equalling four inches used for measuring the height of horses (4)

22 Graeme —, winner of the 2006 World Snooker Championship (4)

Crossword ACROSS

1 Shade of blue (5) 7 Cross (8)

8 Of punishment (5) 10 Deplorable (10)

12 Beekeeper (8)

14 Fastener (4)

16 Sloping surface joining two levels (4)

17 Rigid or unyielding (4-4) 20 Pupil’s item (6,4) 23 Hot and sticky (5) 24 Demote (8)

25 Not a single person (2,3)

DOWN

1 Llama-like mammal (6)

2 Genuine (4)

3 Gratis (4)

4 Egg-shaped (5)

5 River feeding another (9) 6 Protect (6)

9 Scottish landowner (5)

11 Take apart (9)

13 Body of water (3)

15 Secret hoard (5)

16 Give an account of (6)

18 Stylus (6)

19 Star sign (5)

21 Large town or populous place (4)

22 France’s currency (4)