Quizword & Crossword

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

Quizword ACROSS

1 Favourite horse of Alexander the Great (10)

8 Jeremy —, 2004 Olympic 400m gold medallist (7)

9 See 7 Down

10 Sword similar to the foil but with a larger guard (4)

11 Unfermented soyabean curd eaten as a foodstuff (4)

12 Small social insect that

lives in a formicary (3) 14 Jason —, actor who played James Bowie in 2004 action film The Alamo (6)

15 Gyorgy —, Hungarian composer whose only opera, Le Grand Macabre, premiered in 1978 (6)

18 River that flows from Dartmoor to Barnstaple Bay in Devon (3)

20 Town and administrative headquarters of Staffordshire Moorlands District Council (4)

21 Salvador —, Spanish Surrealist painter whose works include 1937’s Metamorphosis of Narcissus (4)

23 Spring-blooming plant of the lily family with single showy flowers (5)

24 Asian republic whose

capital is Yangon (7) 25 1975 and 1979 winners of the Cricket World Cup (4,6)

DOWN

1 and 17 American Abstract Expressionist painter and sculptor whose works include 1950’s Eve (7,6)

2 US coin worth one hundredth of a dollar (4)

3 Anja —, 2006 Winter Olympic women’s alpine skiing slalom gold medallist (6)

4 1998 film drama starring Ian McKellen and Brad Renfro (3,5) 5 Small fleshy flap of tissue at the back of the throat; an extension of the soft palate (5)

6 Twining plant of South and Central America cultivated for its edible fleshy yellow root (5,6) 7 and 9 Across

1966 film comedy starring Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise (4,7,5)

13 Land of midgets in the Jonathan Swift novel Gulliver’s Travels (8) 16 Desiderius —, Dutch humanist who published the first Greek edition of the New Testament in 1516 (7)

17 See 1 Down

19 Manfred —, 1968 Olympic Welterweight boxing gold medallist (5)

22 Filbert —, 1974 Commonwealth men’s 1,500m gold medallist (4) Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror

Crossword ACROSS

1 One travelling on foot (10)

8 Equilibrium (7)

9 Crypt (5)

10 End of a prayer (4)

11 Pottery firing oven (4) 12 In addition (3)

14 Ludicrous (6)

15 Coarse fabric (6)

18 Perform on stage (3) 20 Man-eating giant (4)

21 Large pointed tooth (4) 23 Wash with clean water (5)

24 Underwater missile (7) 25 Regardless of sacrifice involved (2,3,5)

DOWN

1 Filches (7)

2 Eat dinner (4) 3 Picturesque (6) 4 Famished (8)

5 Grown-up (5)

6 Word said by conjurors (11)

7 Police informer (5,6) 13 Living in or among trees (8)

16 Idlers (7)

17 Reviewer (6) 19 Belief (5)

22 Vase-like vessels (4)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror