Quizword & Crossword

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

Quizword ACROSS

3 1917 song by George M Cohan featured in 1942 biopic Yankee Doodle Dandy (4,5)

8 River in Germany that flows through Wurzburg to the Rhine (4) 9 Casserole of chicken pieces cooked in red wine (3,2,3)

10 1811 novella by German romantic writer Friedrich de la Motte Fouque (6)

13 and 15 Down

Danish golfer; winner of the 2002 Madrid Open tournament (5,7) 14 The —, Anton Chekhov stage play first performed in 1896 (7) 15 Male of a cat (3) 16 1821 elegy on the death of John Keats written by Percy Bysshe Shelley (7) 17 Ancient region of NE Africa (5) 21 Latin American ballroom dance with small steps and swaying hip movements (3-3) 22 2006 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe winner ridden by Stephane Pasquier (4,4) 23 Skirt or coat reaching to below the knee or mid-calf (4)

24 1847 Anne Bronte novel featuring the character Mr Weston (5,4)

DOWN

1 The —, name by which the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration is also known (9) 2 Thomas —, Jacobean author of stage plays Women Beware Women and Hengist, King of Kent (9) 4 Daniel —, winner of the 1997 US Open men’s doubles tennis championship with Yevgeny Kafelnikov (5) 5 Roman Catholic mass held to offer prayers for the dead (7) 6 Period of 60 minutes (4) 7 Bjarne —, 1996 Tour de Francewinning cyclist (4) 11 Form of French spoken in the Canadian province of Quebec (9) 12 Poisonous mushroom with a bright red or orange cap and white spots (3,6) 14 Internationally recognised distress signal used by ships and aircraft (1,1,1) 15 See 13 Across 18 Gina —, actress who played Judy Molloy in 2009 film comedy In the Loop (5) 19 Alexander —, US Secretary of State from 1981-82 (4) 20 Paul —, Swiss artist whose works include 1928’s Cat and Bird (4) Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror

Crossword ACROSS

3 Sudden inspiration or idea (9)

8 Interlock wool loops (4) 9 L-shaped tool (5,3) 10 Required (6)

13 Fails to win (5)

14 Odd, unusual (7) 15 Cabin (3)

16 East Asian pasta (7) 17 Indicate with the finger (5) 21 Hawker (6)

22 Child’s name for a train (4-4)

23 Press (clothes) (4) 24 Predatory insect (9)

DOWN

1 Miser (9) 2 Aspect or factor (9) 4 Prepared (5) 5 Illegal (7) 6 Magician’s stick (4) 7 Look at (4) 11 Large-calibre guns (9)

12 Fruit type (9) 14 Public transport vehicle (3) 15 Non-Christian (7) 18 Reel (5) 19 Scorch (4) 20 Extensive (4) Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror