QUIZWORD CLUES

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

ACROSS

Tropical evergreen tree whose dried unopened flower buds are used as a fragrant spice (5) Donald —, president of the United States since January (5) 10 and 8 Down 2001 novel

by Ali Smith (5,5) 11 See 15 Across 12 City in Brazil housing F1 track the Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace (3,5) Small Asian citrus tree with greenish oval edible fruits (4) 15 and 11 Small building in which images of outside objects are projected onto a flat surface by a convex lens in an aperture (6,7) 17 and 23 1742 novel by Henry Fielding (6,7) Ancient plucked stringed instrument whose body is shaped like a halved pear (4) 20 See 5 Down 23 See 17 Across 24 Robert —, general whose victory at Plassey in 1757 strengthened British control in India (5) Marcia —, actress who played Bree Van de Kamp in 2004-12 US television series Desperate Housewives (5) Asian climbing plant whose leaves are chewed as a narcotic (5) 1 13 19

DOWN

2 Lorenzo —, Italian Renaissance artist whose works include Portrait of Giovanni della Volta with his Wife and Children (5) Author of 1759 novel Candide (8) 5 and 20 Across Author of novels The World My Wilderness and The Towers of Trebizond (4,8) 6 E M Forster novel published posthumously in 1971 (7) 1987 crime film starring Christopher Lambert and Terence Stamp (3,8) 8 See 10 Across 9 Actor who starred in 1952 comedy-drama film The Pickwick Papers (5,6) Member of a Native American people chiefly now living in Oklahoma (8) The —, 2005 comedydrama film starring Pierce Brosnan and Greg Kinnear (7) Mike —, 1992 Olympic 200m gold medallist (5) Longest river in France (5) 22 Eugene —, 1904-20 Socialist Party of America candidate for US president (4) 7 14 16 18 21