Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword
ACROSS
1 and 7 Down 1970 crime film starring Sidney Poitier and Martin Landau (4,4,2,6,5)
8 and 14 2017 novel by
J P Delaney (3,4,6)
9 Paolo —, Italian composer and singing master to the British Royal Family knighted in 1908 (5)
10 Sebastien —, winner of the World Rally Drivers’ Championship from 2004-12 (4)
11 Kiln for drying hops (4) 12 The —, 1995 film thriller starring Sandra Bullock and Jeremy Northam (3)
14 See 8 Across 15 Rotating neutron star that emits regular pulses of radiation (6) 18 City in Osun, SW Nigeria; a major trading centre for cocoa (3)
20 River that flows through Leeds and Skipton (4)
21 Filbert —, 1974 Commonwealth 1,500m gold medallist (4)
23 2nd-century Greek physician and philosopher who codified existing medical knowledge (5) 24 1988 horror film starring Kevin Dillon and Shawnee Smith (3,4)
25 1948 novel by
Robert A Heinlein (5,5)
DOWN
1 1912 novel by Edith
Wharton (3,4)
2 and 22 The —, 1981 horror film starring Bruce Campbell (4,4)
3 ITV spy drama series starring Edward Woodward in the title role that ran from 1967-72 (6)
4 Silvery-white metallic
element; symbol Lu (8) 5 Jackie —, US stand-up comedian whose show won a Tony Special Award in 1987 (5)
6 Town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, formerly associated with the textile industry (11)
7 See 1 Across
13 Dry brown brandy distilled in the French district of Gers (8)
16 Plant related to the onion cultivated for its edible bulb (7)
17 — Ocean, sea surrounding the North Pole (6)
19 Plant of the primrose family with small pale yellow flowers (5)
22 See 2 Down
Crossword ACROSS
1 In equal parts (5-5)
8 Counsellor (7)
9 Electronic message (5) 10 Noisy (4)
11 List of dishes (4)
12 Male cat (3)
14 Suppress information or rumours (4,2)
15 Piece of grassland (6) 18 Groove (3)
20 Boor (4)
21 Old wound mark (4)
23 Planet’s path (5)
24 Unsightly patch (7)
25 Likeness (10)
DOWN
1 Prefers (7)
2 Clenched hand (4)
3 Cricket delivery (6)
4 Small frozen blocks (3,5)
5 Large area of land (5) 6 Fail to reach a standard (4,5,2)
7 Deserving censure (11) 13 Punctuation mark (4,4) 16 Elocution (7)
17 Add up to, total (6)
19 Forbidden (5)
22 Flat area of East Anglia (4)