Quizword & Crossword

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

Quizword ACROSS

3 and 9 Three-volume novel by J R R Tolkien (3,4,2,3,5)

8 Ancient Egyptian female fertility goddess usually depicted with a cow’s horns (4)

9 See 3 Across 10 The —, 1969 novel by Isaac Bashevis Singer (6)

13 Hickory tree of the southern US with edible nuts (5)

14 Genus of plants that includes the primrose (7)

15 The —, 1921 silent comedy-drama film starring, written and directed by Charles Chaplin (3)

16 Largest city in Saxony, Germany whose university was founded in 1409 (7)

17 Oil port in SE Iraq; economic capital of the country (5)

21 See 7 Down

22 See 4 Down 23 Heinrich —, winner of the 1972 Nobel Prize in Literature (4)

24 French author of novels Germinal and Therese Raquin (5,4)

DOWN

1 and 20 1951 ballet choreographed by John Cranko (9,4)

2 Tree of the cashew family whose nuts have an edible green kernel (9)

4 and 22 Across

2001 novel by Paul Theroux (5,8)

5 — Islands, group in French Polynesia in the South Pacific including Bora Bora and Tahaa (7)

6 Forrest —, author of novels Uncle Stephen and Young Tom (4)

7 and 21 Across

1972 Olympic women’s balance beam and floor gold medallist (4,6)

11 Entertainer-actor who played Hobbo Hobdyke in BBC sitcom Last of the Summer

Wine (4,5)

12 Widely distributed large hairy venomous spider (9)

14 Mammal from which pork is obtained (3)

15 Agricultural collective farm in Israel (7)

18 The —, 1965 horror film starring Peter Cushing and Patrick Wymark (5)

19 Ian —, Best Actor in a Supporting Role Oscar nominee for Chariots of Fire (4)

20 See 1 Down Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror