Quizword & Crossword

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

Quizword

ACROSS

1 1970s ITV comedy series starring John Alderton and Pauline Collins (2,8) 8 Henry —, poet whose works include Drake’s Drum from 1897 volume Admirals All (7) 9 Lemuroid primate of Madagascar also called a babakoto (5) 10 Annual plant with edible sticky green pods also called ladies’ fingers (4) 11 Robert —, US engineer born in 1934 after whom a type of musical synthesiser is named (4)

12 2003 film comedy starring Will Ferrell and James Caan (3) 14 Greek virgin goddess of wisdom and prudent warfare (6) 15 Pseudonym of Herman Cyril McNeile, author of 1920 novel Bull-dog Drummond (6) 18 Diving bird of northern oceans with a black and white plumage (3) 20 Capital of Peru (4) 21 Jack —, English leader of the Kentish rebellion against Henry VI in 1450 (4) 23 Capital of Tunisia (5)

24 and 16 Down Author of novels I Think I Love You and How Hard Can It Be? (7,7) 25 1848 novel by Elizabeth Gaskell (4,6)

DOWN

1 — Castle, home of the Dacre and Howard families northeast of Carlisle, Cumbria (7) 2 James —, rugby union fly-half; 2006 Wales Test debutant against Argentina (4) 3 Terry —, Welsh writer who created the Daleks for BBC TV series Dr Who (6) 4 Marine creature with one or more venomous spines at the base of the tail (8) 5 The —, main official residence of the prime minister of Australia in Canberra (5) 6 Seaport in northern Chile in the Atacama Desert region (11) 7 1997 action film starring Harrison Ford and Gary Oldman (3,5,3) 13 Island off the coast of northwest Wales (8)

16 See 24 Across 17 Former name of Mthatha, city in Eastern Cape, South Africa, that was capital of the Transkei Bantustan (6) 19 Johanna —, 2017 Wimbledon singles tennis championship semifinalist (5) 22 Musical symbol that, when placed before a note, lowers it in pitch by a semitone (4) Crossword

ACROSS

1 Shrove Tuesday (7,3) 8 Taking neither side (7) 9 Stationery item (5) 10 Need to scratch (4) 11 By oneself, alone (4) 12 Chew and swallow food (3) 14 Within (6)

15 Fatigue from a long flight (3,3) 18 Container (3) 20 Series of spiral loops (4) 21 Soon (4) 23 Automaton (5) 24 Bomb holes (7) 25 Incessantly repeated (10)

DOWN

1 Springs or swoops (7) 2 Informer or spy (4) 3 In flower (6)

4 Paid worker (8) 5 Fruit that grows on trees (5) 6 On a small scale (2,9) 7 Main character in a play (11) 13 Teaches (8) 16 Merciful or tolerant (7)

17 Star sign (6) 19 Christian holy book (5) 22 Masculine (4)