Quizword & Crossword

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

Quizword ACROSS

1 2011 action-comedy film starring Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy (5,5)

8 and 14 Watery fluid between the cornea and lens in an eyeball (7,6)

9 Capital of Japan (5)

10 Bill —, Canadian sculptor whose works include 1986 bronze The Spirit of Haida Gwaii, the Black

Canoe (4)

11 2014 Australian Open women’s singles tennis champion (2,2)

12 Narrow wood, metal or plastic runner used for gliding over snow (3)

14 See 8 Across

15 Breed of dog with curly hair originally bred to hunt waterfowl (6)

18 Sixth note of any major

scale in tonic sol-fa (3)

20 Sultanate in SE Arabia whose capital is

Muscat (4)

21 Republic on the Persian Gulf whose capital is Baghdad (4)

23 J T —, author of the novels Trail Boss and Waco’s Debt (5)

24 District of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil known for its beach (7)

25 Port in England on the North Sea north-east of Billingham (10)

DOWN

1 Silvery-grey element; symbol Tm (7) 2 Yarn spun from the coat of sheep, goats or other animals (4)

3 John —, English art critic whose works include three-volume book The Stones of Venice (6)

4 French name for the herb tarragon; character in Samuel Beckett’s stage play Waiting for Godot (8)

5 Eric —, comedian-writer who authored 2005 volume of biography If I Don’t Write It, Nobody Else Will (5)

6 WBC Heavyweight champion from

1978-83 (5,6)

7 US television comedy series that starred Leslie Nielsen as detective Frank

Drebin (6,5)

13 French aperitif; a blend of fortified wine, herbs, spices and quinine (8)

16 Linda —, actress whose roles included Daphne De Carter in 1948 film comedy Unfaithfully Yours (7)

17 Any of the four teeth situated between the incisors and the premolars (6)

19 Genus of plants of north-east Asia cultivated for its ornamental foliage (5)

22 Richard —, 18th-century English poet whose works include The Blackbirds (4)

Crossword ACROSS

1 Device worn on the ear (7,3)

8 Wheedles (7)

9 Aggressive behaviour (5)

10 Cry of pain (4)

11 Have on as clothing (4)

12 Metallic element (3)

14 Cleaning cloth (6)

15 Lizard type (6)

18 Modern (3)

20 Arrests (4)

21 Mend with stitches (4)

23 Slack (5)

24 Former (3-4)

25 Failure to take proper care (10)

DOWN

1 Seizes in transit (7)

2 Competent (4)

3 Editions (6)

4 One’s best clothes (4,4)

5 Brick-shaped mass of gold (5)

6 In an appropriate manner (11)

7 Alpinist (11)

13 Have good intentions (4,4)

16 Extreme greed for riches (7)

17 Rectangular (6)

19 Complete (5)

22 Lacking fat (4)