Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
QUIZWORD CLUES ACROSS
1 Tadayuki —, Japanese rider; 1997 500cc Motorcycle World Championship runner-up (5) 7 Capital of Sardinia (8) 8 Thick woollen cloth originally produced in Scotland (5) 10 1943 science fiction novel by C S Lewis (10) 12 Large bulky wading bird such as the Eurasian — or American — (8) 14 King of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia from 757-796 (4) 16 Province of SE Pakistan whose capital is Karachi (4) 17 WBA Light Welterweight champion from 2009-11 (4,4) 20 Tropical creature related to the stick insect with a green or brown flattened body (4,6) 23 Samuel —, Home Secretary from 1937-39 (5) 24 Vincente —, Best Director Oscar winner for Gigi (8) 25 Principal area in Mid Wales whose administrative centre is Llandrindod Wells (5)
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1 2007 action film starring Sean Bean and Danny Dyer (6) 2 The —, 1976 novel by Peter Benchley (4) 3 1997 crime film starring Robert Carlyle and Ray Winstone (4) 4 John —, Denver Broncos quarterback; Super Bowl XXXIII MVP (5)
5 and 11 The —, musical play by Harold Fraser-Simson, Harry Graham and others that premiered in 1916 (4,2,3,9) 6 Capital of Albania (6) 9 Judi —, Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for Mrs Henderson Presents (5) 11 See 5 Down
13 River that flows through Cambridge to the River Ouse (3) 15 Max —, German composer of oratorio Arminius born in 1838 (5) 16 Play by Oscar Wilde first produced in Paris in 1896 (6) 18 Sea god in classical mythology; husband of Doris (6) 19 Capital of Gard, France, whose Roman remains include the Pont du Gard aqueduct (5) 21 Musical composition for one performer (4) 22 Hideki —, Japanese soldier and prime minister hanged as a war criminal in 1948 (4)
CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS
1 Stair part (5) 7 Mexican pancake (8) 8 Foundation (5) 10 Fairground stall (7,3) 12 Unfair or treacherous conduct (4,4) 14 Sixty minutes (4) 16 Passable, middling (2-2) 17 Secular (8) 20 Combine, unite (10) 23 Wooden shoe (5) 24 Neighbourhood (8) 25 Seat (5)
DOWN
1 Blunt refusal or rejection (6) 2 Of heroic proportions (4) 3 Extinct bird (4) 4 Portly (5) 5 Men’s golf trousers (4,5) 6 Solicitor (6) 9 Self-indulgently sentimental (5) 11 Physical material (9) 13 Generation (3) 15 Pimples (5) 16 Deprive of food (6) 18 Missive (6) 19 Great pain (5) 21 Silent, voiceless (4) 22 Every (4)