Quizword & Crossword

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

Quizword ACROSS

1 Inlet of the Bosporus that forms the harbour of Istanbul, Turkey (6,4)

8 1958 film thriller starring James Stewart and Kim Novak (7)

9 State of NE India producing large quantities of tea (5)

10 Number of sheets of paper equal to 20 quires (4)

11 and 14

Best Director Oscar nominee for Chariots of Fire (4,6)

12 Anais —, author of 1954 short novel A Spy in the House of Love (3)

14 See 11 Across

15 Shrub of SW North America whose edible seeds contain an oil used in cosmetics (6)

18 That part of a cereal plant containing the seeds (3)

20 and 23

2007 novel by Philip Roth (4,5)

21 City and railway junction in Romania that has belonged to Turkey, Austria and Hungary (4)

23 See 20 Across

24 Rani —, author of novels The Rice Mother and Black Jack (7)

25 1800 Friedrich Schiller verse play based on the life of Mary, Queen of Scots (4,6)

DOWN

1 Judy —, Best Actress in a Supporting Role Oscar nominee for Judgment at Nuremberg (7)

2 — Diaz, Colombia and Liverpool footballer (4)

3 1958 novel by Leon Uris (6)

4 London airport that began life in 1929 as the Great West Aerodrome (8)

5 Michael —, broadcaster; author of children’s books Lovely Old Roly and Howler (5)

6 1987 novel by Jonathan Kellerman (4,3,4)

7 1934 novel by Ngaio Marsh (1,3,3,4)

13 Cathedral city in the West Midlands devastated by bombing in the Second World War (8)

16 Jacob —, composer of the mass Missa Maria zart who died in 1505 (7)

17 1953 Broadway musical featuring the music of Alexander Borodin (6)

19 Spanish wine with a vanilla bouquet produced around the Ebro River (5)

22 Member of an indigenous South American people whose empire centred on Peru (4)

Crossword ACROSS

1 Absurd (10)

8 Oriental (7)

9 Lowest or deepest point (5)

10 Pointed tooth (4)

11 Girl (4)

12 Lair (3)

14 Bacon slice (6)

15 Result from (4,2)

18 Deed (3)

20 Cut with an axe (4)

21 Twelve months (4)

23 Leader or ruler of a people (5)

24 Let go (7)

25 Referee’s item (6,4)

DOWN

1 Begrudges (7)

2 Food that a person habitually eats (4)

3 Heavy cloth (6)

4 Bet against heavy odds (4,4)

5 Past tense of undo (5)

6 Artistic or dramatic production (11)

7 Smoked sausage (11)

13 Tranquil (8)

16 Gemstone (7)

17 Grief or deep sadness (6)

19 Both times (5)

22 Jumping insect (4)