Quizword & Crossword

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

Quizword ACROSS

1 R W —, Australia Test cricketer who made 118 against Pakistan in Adelaide in 1972 (5)

4 and 2 Down US vice president from 1969-73 (5,5)

10 Jose —, Portugal and Lille defender, Euro 2016 Final winner, at Southampton FC from 2010-17 (5)

11 John —, actor who played Billy Corkhill in Channel 4 soap Brookside (7)

12 Cannon with a short or medium barrel and a steep angle of fire (8)

13 British name for diesel oil used for road transport (4)

15 2008 film drama starring Jessica Chastain in the title role (6)

17 and 7 Down 1971 novel by Frederick Forsyth (3,3,2,3,6)

19 The —, 2017 novel by Dawn O’Porter (4) 20 Donald —, world land and water speed record holder killed on Coniston Water in 1967 (8)

23 1821 elegy on the death of John Keats written by Percy Bysshe Shelley (7)

24 Bird of prey of the family Accipitridae (5)

25 Specialised agency of the UN based in Vienna whose aims include poverty alleviation through manufacturing (5)

26 Berhane —, 2003 World Championships women’s 10,000m gold medallist (5)

DOWN

2 See 4 Across

3 and 16 1999 comedy-drama film starring Sean Penn, Samantha Morton and Anthony LaPaglia (5,3,7)

5 Widely cultivated tree with a sweet gritty-textured juicy fruit (4)

6 1933 novel by John Creasey (7)

7 See 17 Across

8 Port in northwest Germany at the mouth of the River Ems (5)

9 Author of novels Bedford Village and Anthony Adverse (6,5)

14 The —, 2011 novel by Ethan Cross (8)

16 See 3 Down

18 Tomato-based spicy sauce in Mexican cookery (5)

21 Edward —, composer of 1900 oratorio The Dream of Gerontius (5)

22 — and Other Poems, 1855 volume by Alfred Tennyson (4)

Crossword ACROSS

1 Counterfoils (5)

4 Common viper (5)

10 Pinafore (5)

11 Fast sailing ship (7)

12 Illustrious (8)

13 Hire car (4)

15 Offend (6)

17 Secondary stem of a tree (6)

19 Strong wind (4) 20 Lent lily (8)

23 Extreme greed

for riches (7)

24 Coating for cakes

or biscuits (5)

25 Our planet (5)

26 Pretends to

sing a song (5)

DOWN

2 Human trunk (5)

3 Very lazy (4,4)

5 Podium (4)

6 Give reasons (7)

7 Nitrous oxide (8,3)

8 Outrider (5)

9 Study of birds (11)

14 Words or drawings sprayed on walls (8)

16 Seedless raisin (7)

18 Adam’s ale (5)

21 Ambition (5) 22 Slimming plan (4)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror