Quizword & Crossword

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

Quizword

ACROSS

1 Michael —, Executive Chairman of ITV from 2007-09 (5)

4 and 25

1996 novel by Fay Weldon (5,5)

10 Town in Moray, Scotland, on the River Lossie housing a ruined cathedral (5)

11 Darius —, composer of the operas Christophe Colomb and Bolivar (7)

12 and 17

2001 novel by

Nicholas Evans (3,5,6)

13 Burrowing mollusc such as the quahog (4)

15 Ray —, late actor who played Henry

Hill in 1990 biopic Goodfellas (6)

17 See 12 Across 19 Member of a Muslim

mystical order (4)

20 NBA team; 1997 and 1998 Western Conference winners (4,4)

23 Bernard —, Principal Conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra from

1967-79 (7)

24 1964 novel by Dick

Francis (5)

25 See 4 Across

26 and 3 Down

1948 novel by P G Wodehouse (5,8)

DOWN

2 Jacques —, president of the International Olympic Committee from 2001-13 (5)

3 See 26 Across 5 Brett —, home-grown 1990 Australian PGA Championship winner (4)

6 Marine bivalve with a fluted fan-shaped tail (7)

7 Orazio —, Tuscan painter whose works include The Finding of Moses (11)

8 Perpetually ill character in Charles Dickens’ 1839 novel Nicholas Nickleby (5)

9 Chief Executive of ITV from

2010-17 (4,7)

14 Ken —, WBA Lightweight champion from 1970-72 (8)

16 Illegality in association football; subject of Law 11 in FIFA’S Laws of the Game (7)

18 Sven —, IBF Super Middleweight champion from 1998-2004 (5)

21 Fourth month of the

year (5)

22 Standard unit of currency of

Ethiopia (4) Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror

Crossword ACROSS

1 Cost (5)

4 Very deep chasm (5)

10 Golf term (5)

11 Large tent (7)

12 Borrowing charge (8)

13 Way off (4)

15 Imprison or confine (4,2)

17 Straightforward (6)

19 Rain heavily (4)

20 Woodland plant (8)

23 Evident (7)

24 Edition (5)

25 Group of lions (5)

26 Wobbly food (5)

DOWN

2 Correct (5)

3 In good spirits (8)

5 Dog sound (4)

6 Disorderly struggle (7)

7 Process of making laws (11)

8 Accumulate (5)

9 Sherlock Holmes’ hat? (11)

14 Similarly (8)

16 Meat-axe (7)

18 Shut (5)

21 Artist’s stand (5)

22 Noisy (4) Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror