Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword ACROSS
1 and 4 Actress who played the title role in 1970s ITV sitcom And Mother Makes Three (5,5) 4 See 1 Across 10 Gustav —, English composer of The Planets suite (5) 11 Baked and sweetened breakfast cereal similar to muesli (7) 12 State capital of Connecticut, US (8) 13 James K —, US president from 1845-49 (4) 15 Charles Hard —, co-recipient of the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics (6) 17 Andres —, 1972 French Open singles tennis championship winner (6) 19 Woodwind instrument whose mouthpiece has a double reed (4) 20 June —, actress who played Maureen Robinson in 1960s US television series Lost in Space (8) 23 Peter —, US theatre director; a 2014 recipient of the Polar Music Prize (7) 24 University city in south Estonia formerly under Russian, Polish and Swedish rule (5) 25 Hilary —, Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar winner for Million Dollar Baby (5) 26 Bernie —, Labour MP for Tottenham from 1987 until his death in 2000 (5)
DOWN
2 Leonhard —, 18th-century mathematician noted for his work on the calculus of variation (5) 3 1980s ITV sitcom starring Keith Barron and Gwen Taylor (4,4) 5 and 18 1989 action film starring Patrick Swayze and Kelly Lynch (4,5) 6 One of two or more atoms with the same atomic number that contain different numbers of neutrons (7) 7 Harold Pinter stage play first produced in 1980 (3,8) 8 Monetary unit of Israel worth one hundredth of a shekel (5) 9 1966 romcom starring Cary Grant and Samantha Eggar (4,4,3) 14 Wilson —, 1995, 1997 and 1999 World Championships 800m gold medallist (8) 16 City in Poland on the River Oder whose German name is Breslau (7) 18 See 5 Down 21 Christine —, 1998 European Championships 100m gold medallist (5) 22 Otto —, 1944 Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner (4)
Crossword
ACROSS
1 Aircraft-locating system (5) 4 Tarnish (5) 10 Major artery (5) 11 Instance (7) 12 Act of giving to a charity (8) 13 Slay (4) 15 Save from a dangerous situation (6) 17 Follow secretly (6) 19 Christmas (4) 20 Union (8) 23 Sedentary occupation (4,3) 24 Backless seat (5) 25 Sleep noisily (5) 26 Sugary (5)
DOWN
2 Kitchen garment (5) 3 Herbaceous plant or shrub (8) 5 Furniture wood (4) 6 Hinted at or suggested (7) 7 Bomb thrown by a soldier (4,7) 8 Under (5) 9 Coward (6-5) 14 Power-driven cutting tool (8) 16 Cowboy hat (7) 18 Sphere (5) 21 Hangman’s rope (5) 22 Partly open (4)