Quizword & Crossword

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

Quizword ACROSS

1 and 15 Author of the novels Deliverance and Alnilam (5,6)

4 Any of the three upright wooden sticks used in cricket to form part of a wicket (5)

10 1982 film drama starring Veronica Quilligan and Stephen Rea (5)

11 Whalebone whale also

called a finback (7)

12 Spartan naval commander of the Peloponnesian war who died in 395 BC (8) 13 Marcel —, German golfer who won the 2014 BMW Masters (4) 15 See 1 Across

17 Robert —, US poet whose volumes include For the Union Dead and Lord Weary’s Castle (6)

19 Ship designed for Fridtjof Nansen’s 1893 Arctic explorations (4) 20 Hardwood tree such as the Japanese —, European — or American — (8)

23 North Atlantic food fish related to the cod (7)

24 Asian republic whose

capital is New Delhi (5) 25 Michelle —, Scottish actress whose roles include Missy in BBC TV series Doctor Who (5)

26 2004 comedy-drama film starring Jude Law in the title role (5)

DOWN

2 Council area of Scotland whose administrative centre is Forfar (5)

3 University city in Bavaria, Germany; host of the annual Bergkirchweih beer festival (8)

5 Tropical Asian plant with fleshy leaves cultivated for its large, edible rootstock (4)

6 E M Forster novel published posthumously in 1971 (7)

7 and 9 The —, 1965 novel by Guy Owen (6,2,3,4-4,3)

8 and 22 2010 action film starring Matt Damon and Greg Kinnear (5,4)

9 See 7 Down

14 Old World bird of tropical and subtropical forests with an enormous down-curved beak (8) 16 Brother of Isabella in the William Shakespeare play Measure for Measure (7)

18 Robert —, English scientist born in 1635 who built the first Gregorian telescope (5)

21 Zsolt —, WBO Light Heavyweight champion from 2004-09 (5)

22 See 8 Down