Quizword & Crossword

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

QUIZWORD CLUES ACROSS

1 Ridley —, Best Director Oscar nominee for Thelma & Louise, Gladiator and

Black Hawk Down (5) 4 1983 comedy-drama film starring Rob Lowe and Jacqueline Bisset (5) 10 Derbyshire village; southern starting point of the Pennine Way (5)

11 and 23 1968 fantasy novel by

Peter S Beagle (3,4,7)

12 Cliff —, winner with

Roger Taylor of the

1972 US Open men’s doubles tennis championship (8)

13 and 2 Down 1980 comedy crime film starring Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor (4,5)

15 Jack —, Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar winner for Save the Tiger (6)

17 1979 action film starring Sean Connery and

Natalie Wood (6)

19 John —, British mathematician who conceived a diagram using circles to represent sets and their relationships (4)

20 2009 film drama starring Katie Jarvis and Michael Fassbender (4,4)

23 See 11 Across

24 City in Delta State, S Nigeria south-west of Osubi Airstrip (5)

25 Town in NE Surrey near Sandown Park horse racecourse (5)

26 Richard —, co-creator and co-presenter of BBC TV quiz show Pointless (5)

DOWN

2 See 13 Across 3 1868 novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky (3,5)

5 Plant related to the onion; a national emblem of Wales (4)

6 and 14 NFL team, Super Bowl XLVIII winners, whose home stadium is Centurylink Field (7,8) 7 Artificially produced chemical element; symbol Md (11) 8 European republic; capital Rome (5)

9 1987 no 1 single by

The Firm (4,7)

14 See 6 Down 16 Gael —, French tennis player; 2016 Citi Open singles tournament winner (7)

18 1950 novel by

Edna Ferber (5)

21 Main vessel in the arterial network (5) 22 Capital of Togo (4) Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror