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Quizword & Crossword

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

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QUIZWORD CLUES

ACROSS 1 1998 animated film based on a Chinese legend whose title character is voiced by Ming-Na Wen (5) 4 Tree native to Western Australia whose wood is used for furniture making (5) 10 Hawaiian word for hello or goodbye (5) 11 and 23 Area of reclaimed land in Lazio, central Italy (7,7) 12 Former name of Bujumbura, capital of Burundi (8) 13 — Handicap, flat race run at York in August over 14 furlongs (4) 15 Capital of Angola (6) 17 Name of God in Judaism (6) 19 Aromatic Eurasian plant whose leaves are used for flavouring in pickles (4) 20 Anthony —, Foreign Secretary from 1976-77 (8) 23 See 11 Across 24 Capital of Egypt (5) 25 Al —, US motor racing driver; 1987 Indianapol­is 500 winner (5) 26 Fast powerful overhead stroke in tennis (5)

DOWN 2 Island in Samoa; chief town Apia (5) 3 1859 George Eliot novel featuring the character Hetty Sorrel (4,4) 5 River that flows through Florence, Italy (4) 6 The —, 1915 novel by D H Lawrence (7) 7 Author of the 1768 Massachuse­tts Circular Letter that resulted in the occupation of Boston by the British Army (6,5) 8 Johanna —, Swiss author of 1881 children’s book Heidi (5) 9 Solid figure with four plane triangular faces (11) 14 Genus of tropical American plants of the nightshade family whose fruits contain many seeds (8) 16 Flap hinged to the trailing edge of an aircraft wing (7) 18 Port in Finistere, France; a major naval station of the country (5) 21 Hardy —, dressmaker by appointmen­t to Queen Elizabeth II who founded his own fashion house in 1946 (5) 22 Elisabeth —, Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for Leaving Las Vegas (4)

CROSSWORD CLUES

ACROSS 1 Paces (5) 4 Earthenwar­e beer mug (5) 10 Accumulate (5) 11 Booze (7) 12 Travels into unfamiliar regions (8) 13 Very dry (4) 15 Overseas (6) 17 Body art item (6) 19 Curved structure (4) 20 Runway (8) 23 Chef’s room (7) 24 Adder (5) 25 Colloquial language (5) 26 Deadly sin (5)

DOWN 2 Vagrant (5) 3 Of or depicting country life (8) 5 Stitched fold (4) 6 Receive by succession (7) 7 Dessert type (5,6) 8 Edge of a roof (5) 9 Large heavy shoes (11) 14 Jewish festival (8) 16 Musical performanc­e (7) 18 Remarkably large (5) 21 Quick (5) 22 Skinny (4)

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