Quizword & Crossword

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

Quizword ACROSS

1 — Islands, group of over 6,000 in the Gulf of Bothnia under Finnish administration (5)

7 Vicente —, revolutionary general elected president of Mexico in 1829 (8)

8 Liquid measure equal to about one and threequarter pints (5)

10 and 16 Down

1996 film comedy starring Shelley Long and Gary Cole (1,4,5,6)

12 US state; capital

Lincoln (8)

14 Old Testament priest of

the 5th century BC (4)

16 George —, 19th-century author of novels Indiana and

Consuelo (4)

17 Capital of

Uzbekistan (8)

20 Large four-part muscle that extends the leg (10)

23 Side drum with a rattle of metal wires on the bottom head (5)

24 Genus of small trees and shrubs whose species include the spindle tree (8)

25 Samantha —, actress who played Auntie Liz in BBC TV comedy series Grandma’s House (5)

DOWN

1 Roderick —, detective creation of Ngaio Marsh (6)

2 City in Kansai, Japan; capital of the country from 710-784 (4) 3 Raymond —, Canadian actor who played Perry Mason and Robert Ironside on television (4)

4 Small fawn-coloured antelope of African grasslands and bush south of the

Sahara (5)

5 2000 film comedy featuring Liz Hurley as The Devil (9)

6 — River, stream in NE Siberia formerly known for its Gulag labour camps (6)

9 — water, alkaline mineral water from a French spa on the south shore of Lake Geneva (5)

11 Nick —, rugby union fullback whose 2007 England Test debut was against South Africa (9)

13 Hawaiian tree whose reddish wood is used for furniture (3)

15 US television police drama series that starred Erik Estrada as Officer Frank Poncherello (5)

16 See 10 Across 18 Dinner jacket named after — Park, a village and resort in New York (6)

19 Michael —, author of the stage plays Alphabetical Order and Noises Off (5)

21 European game fish with a cylindrical darkgreenish body (4)

22 Children’s card

game (4)

Crossword ACROSS DOWN

1 Abyss (5) 1 Prickly plant (6)

7 Squeeze 2 Dispatch (4) together (8) 3 Stringed toy (2-2)

8 Simple song (5) 4 Javelin (5)

10 Dishearten (10) 5 Boundary around

12 Very hot day? (8) something (9)

14 Assist (4) 6 Slumbering (6)

16 Explosive 9 Educate (5) device (4) 11 Aboriginal missile (9) 17 Turn up again (8) 13 Female sheep (3)

20 Illogical (10) 15 Utter words (5)

23 Male 16 Plant disease (6) monarchs (5) 18 Motive (6)

24 Remain 19 Counterfoils (5) behind (4,4) 21 Cry of pain (4)

25 Chair carried on 22 Small green citrus poles (5) fruit (4)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror