Quizword & Crossword

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

Quizword

ACROSS

1 Nick —, golfer who won The Open Championship in 1987, 1990 and 1992 (5)

7 African republic whose capital is Yaounde (8)

8 Rex —, author of mystery novels

The Broken Vase and The Hand in the Glove (5)

10 Mythical creature; a two-legged dragon with the head of a cockerel (10)

12 See 5 Down

14 Bill —, cartoonist whose strips include The Cloggies and

The Fosdyke Saga (4)

16 Jennifer —-, actress who played Myrtle Logue in 2010 film drama The King’s Speech (4)

17 The —, war memorial in Whitehall, London, designed by Edwin Lutyens (8)

20 1870 novel by Laurence Oliphant subtitled A Fragment of Contemporary Biography (10)

23 English royal house that ruled from

1485 to 1603 (5)

24 Douglas —, designer of the stained-glass windows for the Scottish National

War Memorial in Edinburgh Castle (8)

25 Central of the three small bones in the middle ear also called the anvil (5)

DOWN

1 Carrie —, late actress who played Princess Leia Organa in the Star Wars film series (6)

2 Old World monkey such as the Black-shanked — or Red-shanked — (4)

3 Jonas —, US virologist who developed a vaccine against poliomyelitis (4)

4 and 18

Late ventriloquist whose dolls included Orville the Duck (5,6)

5 and 12 Across Caribbean country on the island of Hispaniola whose capital is Santo Domingo (9,8)

6 Character voiced by

Billy Gilbert in 1937 animated film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (6)

9 Alberto —, 1988 Olympic slalom skiing gold medallist (5)

11 The —, George Bernard Shaw stage play subtitled A Political Extravaganza (5,4)

13 City in Honshu housing the most sacred Shinto shrine in Japan (3)

15 Nicholas —, actor who played Marcus Brewer in 2002 comedy-drama film About a Boy (5)

16 City in Texas, US, on the Rio Grande opposite Ciudad

Juarez, Mexico (2,4)

18 See 4 Down

19 Cyrus —, US Secretary of

State from 1977-80 (5)

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

22 Imperial dynasty of

China from 1271-1368 (4)