Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword ACROSS
1 and 14 1997 action film starring
Mel Gibson and Julia Roberts (10,6) 8 Material associated with a third wedding anniversary (7) 9 2002 novel by Irvine Welsh (5) 10 Tree of the genus Antiaris also called the ipoh whose milky sap is used as arrow poison (4)
11 J D —, author of novels Divided in Death and Origin in Death (4) 12 See 6 Down
14 See 1 Across 15 and 24 BBC TV crime drama series starring Emilia Fox as Dr Nikki Alexander (6,7) 18 Unit of area equal to 100 square metres (3)
20 Franco —, Italian actor who played Lancelot Du Lac in 1967 film musical Camelot (4) 21 Nigel —, 1992-96 WBC Super Middleweight champion (4) 23 Former municipal borough of Kent now in the London Borough of Bexley (5) 24 See 15 Across 25 Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for Tommy (3-7)
DOWN
1 1963 comedy-thriller film starring
Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn (7) 2 Port in Japan; largest city on Okinawa Island (4) 3 Dolly —, singer and actress who played Doralee Rhodes in 1980 film comedy Nine to Five (6)
4 The —, Socratic dialogue written by Plato examining the nature and structure of a just society (8) 5 American term for a cannon in the game of pool (5) 6 and 12 Across
The —, 1951 short story collection by Ray Bradbury (11,3) 7 The —, 2003 book by Jimmy Carter subtitled A Novel of the Revolutionary War (7,4)
13 Town in southwest Lincolnshire; birthplace of Margaret Thatcher (8) 16 Rupert —, actor who portrayed King Charles II in 2004 film drama Stage Beauty (7) 17 Gay —,
US golfer: 1967 Masters Tournament winner (6)
19 — water, alkaline mineral water from a French spa on the south shore of Lake Geneva (5)
22 1968 biopic starring Julie Andrews as Gertrude Lawrence (4)
Crossword ACROSS
1 Feeble or insipid (5-5) 8 Swallows up (7) 9 Branch of Islam (5) 10 Fibber (4)
11 Set of two things (4) 12 Unplayable tennis serve (3) 14 Artistic dance form (6) 15 One who belongs to a club (6)
18 Toddler (3)
20 Dutch cheese (4)
21 Spirit mixed
with water (4)
23 Unit of weight (5)
24 Gemstone (7)
25 Assume (10)
DOWN
1 Passerine songbird (7) 2 Foot part (4) 3 Sycophant (3,3) 4 Miscellaneous (8) 5 Reddish dye (5) 6 Navel (11) 7 Emergency service (4,7) 13 Football officials (8) 16 Without exemption (3,4) 17 Short of money (4,2) 19 Male voice (5) 22 Mexican dish (4)