Quizword & Crossword

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

Quizword ACROSS

1 1909 semiautobiographical novel by Jack London (6,4) 8 1938 Broadway stage play by Thornton Wilder (3,4)

9 Japanese verse form

in 17 syllables (5)

10 One twelfth of a

foot (4)

11 Max —, English actorcomedian whose creations included Professor Wallofski (4) 12 Island in the Caroline Islands of the Pacific Ocean; an important Japanese naval base in World War II (3)

14 Samantha —, 2011 US Open singles tennis champion (6)

15 Christian —, golfer who won the 2009 European Open (6)

18 Derived SI unit of electrical resistance (3)

20 Main port and commercial capital of Yemen (4)

21 Large, juicy, yellowskinned citrus fruit of the Caribbean (4)

23 Village in Aberdeenshire housing a 13th-century castle (5)

24 Justin —, Wales and Ospreys flanker; 2013 British and Irish Lions tourist (7)

25 Bernardo —, Best Director Oscar winner for The Last Emperor (10)

DOWN

1 African kingdom whose capital is Rabat (7)

2 Large Eurasian bird of the crow family (4)

3 — Islands, group that include Corfu, Zante and Ithaca (6)

4 — II, King of England from 978-1013 and 1014-16 (8)

5 1975 novel by Jilly

Cooper (5)

6 US author of 1989 memoir This Boy’s Life (6,5)

7 Engelbert —, composer of opera Hansel and Gretel, first performed in 1893 (11)

13 Capital of

Hungary (8)

16 Alessandro —, Italian sculptor whose works include the Fuga d’Attila relief and Portrait of Camillo Pamphili (7)

17 Sebastian —, winner of the F1 World Drivers’ Championship from 2010-13 (6)

19 See 22 Down 22 and 19

2007 film satire featuring Jennifer Coolidge as White Bitch (4,5)

Crossword ACROSS

1 Horse that fails to run (10)

8 Native of Riga (7)

9 — card, method of payment (5)

10 Additional (4)

11 Be on fire (4)

12 Legendary bird (3) 14 Make a liquid less concentrated (6)

15 In addition (2,4)

18 Marry (3)

20 Fasten securely (4) 21 Unfeeling (4)

23 Planet’s path (5)

24 Of water (7)

25 Occupation type (10)

DOWN

1 Genuine or spontaneous (7)

2 Unguis (4)

3 Organ of taste (6)

4 Incivility (8)

5 Cinder (5)

6 Behave repressively towards (5,4,2)

7 Fish type (11)

13 Physically fit or strong (8)

16 Imaginary circle around the earth (7) 17 Scribble (6)

19 Exclude (5)

22 Import tax (4)