Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
QUIZWORD CLUES ACROSS
1 and 1 Down South Africa-born actor who played Captain Beattie in 1966 sci-fi film Fahrenheit 451 (5,6) 7 US river upon which Augusta, Georgia, stands (8) 8 William —, British Abstract Expressionist painter whose works include 1947’s Mackerel (5) 10 Northern Ireland religious and political leader who died in 2014; co-founder of the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster (3,7) 12 Town in Carmarthenshire, Wales, west of Llanelli housing a Norman castle (8)
14 and 24 Benjamin Britten opera for BBC TV first broadcast in 1971 (4,8) 16 Suburb of Paris housing an international airport (4) 17 2009 novel by Chris Longmuir (4,4) 20 Mast on a squarerigged vessel above a topmast (10) 23 Alvar —, Finnish architect and designer of bent plywood furniture (5) 24 See 14 Across
25 Singer-actor who played Baron Frankenstein in 1985 film fantasy The Bride (5)
DOWN
1 See 1 Across 2 Standard unit of currency of Peru replaced by the nuevo sol in 1991 (4) 3 Freshwater food fish of the family that includes the minnows (4)
4 and 19 Former France and Manchester City midfield footballer; 2014 League Cup Final winner (5,5) 5 City in Los Angeles County, California; former home of the Hollywood Park Racetrack (9) 6 City in Hubei, China, associated with the automobile industry (6) 9 Fine rose wine produced in the Rhone valley, France (5) 11 Actress-director who starred as Emily Bronte in 1946 film drama Devotion (3,6) 13 Christopher —, actor who played the title role in films Dracula Has Risen from the Grave and The Blood of Fu Manchu (3) 15 City in S Turkey on the Seyhan River east of Tarsus (5) 16 Capital of Canada (6) 18 Large marine mammal also called a sea cow (6) 19 See 4 Down 21 Score of nought in tennis (4) 22 SW —, 2005 Australia Test cricket debutant against England in Nottingham (4)
CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS
1 Trivial (5) 7 Actually present (2,6) 8 Nine-piece ensemble (5) 10 Method of gambling (10) 12 Handover (8) 14 Allotted place in a schedule (4) 16 Wheel spindle (4) 17 Young geese (8) 20 Tedious (10) 23 Exaggeratedly masculine (5) 24 Set of bones (8) 25 Long seat (5)
DOWN
1 Small basket for fruit (6) 2 Fastens, binds (4) 3 Leg joint (4) 4 Banquet (5) 5 One who attacks another (9) 6 Create, devise (6) 9 Coil or spin (5) 11 Lower-order batsman (4-5) 13 Self-regard (3) 15 Stamp book (5) 16 Very nearly (6) 18 Silky to the touch (6) 19 Confused, uncertain (2,3) 21 Noble gas (4) 22 Savant (4)