Quizword & Crossword

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

Quizword ACROSS

1 and 25 Author of 1960 children’s novel Island of the Blue Dolphins (5,5)

4 and 12 1948 novel by P G Wodehouse (5,8) 10 Seventh sign of the zodiac (5) 11 Capital of Yonne department, central France (7)

12 See 4 Across

13 Small tree with edible oval fruit (4) 15 Paul —, French poet and critic whose works include 1917’s La Jeune Parque (6) 17 Singer-actor whose first starring role was in 1959 comedy-drama film Hound-dog Man (6) 19 River that flows through Leicester (4)

20 The —, 1970 novel by Claire Rayner (8) 23 In football, a score by a team member for their opponents (3,4) 24 Daughter of

Tantalus in Greek mythology turned into a rock on

Mount Sipylus (5) 25 See 1 Across 26 2003 novel by Chris Ryan (5) Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Mirror

DOWN

2 and 18 2003 novel by Emily Barr (5,5) 3 Suburb of

Birkenhead on the Wirral Peninsula noted for — Rovers FC, 2000 League Cup

Final runners-up (8) 5 Martin Andersen —, Danish author of 1906-10 four volume novel Pelle The Conqueror (4)

6 Siren in German legend said to lure boatmen to destruction from her rock at the edge of the Rhine (7) 7 Seaport in

Primorsky Krai, SE Russia, west of Sapporo, Japan (11) 8 Walter —, US film animator who created Woody Woodpecker (5)

9 BBC TV sitcom starring Paul Eddington and Nigel Hawthorne that ran from

1980-84 (3,8)

14 Gerald —, Lord

High Chancellor from 1964-70 (8) 16 Michael —, actress who played Olivia Walton in 1970s US television series

The Waltons (7) 18 See 2 Down 21 Type of lyric poem composed of couplets in which a long line is followed by a shorter one (5)

22 Poem by Allen Ginsberg first performed in 1955 (4)

Crossword ACROSS

1 Threshing implement (5) 4 Building block (5) 10 Thrust in fencing (5) 11 Place apart (7) 12 Apostle (8)

13 Jelly type (4)

15 Left pending (2,4) 17 Cask (6)

19 Snooker ball colour (4) 20 Exaggerated masculinity (8) 23 Return of ill health (7) 24 Pulsate (5)

25 Pig sound (5)

26 Stage whisper (5)

DOWN

2 Connects (5)

3 Not fit to be eaten (8)

5 Violent disturbance (4) 6 Embarrassing mistake (7)

7 Large heavy shoes (11) 8 Young female horse (5) 9 Molotov cocktails (6,5) 14 Broad heavy knives (8) 16 Officer in charge of a dog (7) 18 Manufactures (5) 21 Tattered fragment (5)

22 Complete extent (4) Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Mirror