Quizword & Crossword

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

ACROSS

1 and 5 Down

Comedian whose roles included Signor Emanuel Ravelli in 1930 film Animal Crackers (5,4)

4 Capital of Jordan (5) 10 Salma —, actress who played the title role in 2002 biopic Frida (5)

11 Stan —, author of novels A Kind of Loving and The Watchers on the Shore (7)

12 Norman —, illustrator and cartoonist whose works include 1991’s The Effluent Society (8)

13 Heinrich —, winner of the 1972 Nobel Prize in Literature (4)

15 Everett —, US actor who played Big Ed Hurley in 1990s television series Twin Peaks (6)

17 See 7 Down

19 John —, US journalist whose book Ten Days that Shook the World concerned the 1917 October Revolution in Russia (4)

20 Cinque Port in Kent on

the River Stour (8)

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

24 James —, Belgian painter whose works include 1890’s The Intrigue (5)

25 Robert —, US Arctic explorer who died in 1920 (5) 26 Joseph —, prime minister of Australia from 1931-39 (5)

DOWN

2 Fred —, scientist who authored 1957 novel The Black Cloud (5)

3 Strutting dance popularized by minstrel shows at the end of the 19th century (8)

5 See 1 Across

6 Stately home in Northamptonshire; last resting place of Diana, Princess of Wales (7)

7 and 17 Across

1970s ITV children’s science fiction series starring Nicholas Young and Elizabeth Adare (3,8,6)

8 Another name for the

white poplar (5)

9 2006 novel by Janet

Evanovich (6,5)

14 2003 novel by Kathy

Lette (4,4)

16 Site in Scotland of a 1692 massacre of the MacDonalds by the Campbells and English troops (4,3)

18 Todd —, actor who played the title role in 1980s BBC TV drama series Tucker’s Luck (5) 21 Henrik —, author of stage plays Hedda Gabler and The League of Youth (5)

22 Easily cleavable

crystalline mineral (4)

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