Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword ACROSS
1 Tony —, winner of the 1966 French Championships singles tennis title (5) 4 Gene —, jazz drummer portrayed by Sal Mineo in a 1959 biopic (5) 10 Non-SI unit of heat energy equal to 100,000 British thermal units (5) 11 John —, winner of the 1981 Wimbledon singles tennis championship (7) 12 US city in NW Texas formerly associated with the helium industry (8) 13 Unfermented soyabean curd eaten as a foodstuff (4)
15 The —, UK video release title of a 2000 family film starring Jim Carrey in the title role (6) 17 William Henry —, US Secretary of State from 1861-69 (6) 19 Sandy —, golfer who won The Open Championship in 1985 (4) 20 Louis-Joseph de —, French general killed by British forces under James Wolfe in Quebec in 1759 (8)
23 Arctic toothed whale, the male of which has a long spiral tusk (7) 24 Asian kingdom whose capital is Kathmandu (5) 25 See 26 Across 26 and 25 2007 novel by Ben Elton (5,5)
DOWN
2 24th letter in the Greek alphabet (5) 3 Marvin —, US composer of Pulitzer Prize-winning musical A Chorus Line (8) 5 Syngman —, president of South Korea from 1948-60 (4) 6 Nicola —, Italian composer of the operas Germanico in Germania and Semiramide riconosciuta (7) 7 The —, 1954 novel by Hammond Innes also published as The Naked Land (7,4) 8 and 18
1984 novel by David Lodge (5,5) 9 Marble statue of Aphrodite housed in the Louvre Museum, famous for its missing arms (5,2,4)
14 The —, 2006 action film starring Michael Douglas and Kiefer Sutherland (8) 16 Ancient region on the Adriatic Sea including parts of present-day Albania, Croatia and Montenegro (7) 18 See 8 Down 21 Resort town in central Colorado, US, noted for its skiing (5) 22 Old World songbird with a harsh chattering cry (4)
Crossword ACROSS
1 Suddenly clutches (5) 4 Shut (5) 10 Illustrated magazine (5) 11 Gruesome (7)
12 Final in a series or process (8)
13 This place (4) 15 Requiring speedy action (6) 17 Of the countryside (6) 19 At the summit (4) 20 Admiration, good opinion (8)
23 Teach (7)
24 Swallows rapidly (5) 25 Low-value coin (5) 26 Condition (5)
DOWN
2 Post off (5) 3 Flattering, elegant (8) 5 Fortune (4) 6 Topic (7) 7 Amasses (11) 8 Friendship (5) 9 Without protection (11) 14 Complete, total (8) 16 Small round drop (7) 18 Drive too fast (5) 21 Manservant (5) 22 Caution (4)