Quizword & Crossword

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

Quizword

ACROSS

1 Neil —, musician comedian who played Ron Nasty in 1978 TV film The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (5)

7 Karl-Birger —, Swedish composer of 1959 opera Aniara (8)

8 Legendary Greek king able to turn that which he touched into gold (5)

10 Probationary rank held by young naval officers under training (10)

12 Supreme legislature of Norway (8)

14 Member of an indigenous South American people whose empire centred on Peru (4)

16 Member of any of the peoples who lived in Britain north of the Forth and Clyde between the 1st and 4th centuries (4)

17 Variety of celery with a large turnip-like root (8)

20 Street in Paris whose name is used figuratively to refer to the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs (4,6)

23 Alfred —, Swedish inventor of dynamite (5)

24 1999 film comedy starring Matthew Broderick and Reese Witherspoon (8)

25 1979 film drama starring Richard Gere and Lisa Eichhorn (5)

DOWN

1 In poetry, a metrical foot consisting of one short syllable followed by one long syllable (6)

2 Ancient kingdom east of the River Tigris (4)

3 Mountain range in south central Europe (4)

4 Celia —, actress who portrayed Doris Speed in 2010 BBC TV drama The Road to Coronation Street (5)

5 City in Henan, China on the southern bank of the Yellow River (9)

6 Mikhail —, Russian composer of operas A Life for the Tsar and Ruslan and Lyudmila (6)

9 Highest possible score with one arrow in darts (5)

11 Small herbaceous perennial plant with musk-scented flowers also called five-faced bishop (9)

13 Simon —, creator of sitcoms How Do You Want Me?, Is It Legal? and Hardware (3)

15 Commune in Ardennes, NE France on the Meuse River, site of a 1940 World War II battle (5)

16 Nelson —, 1987 F1 World Drivers’ Championship winner (6)

18 Maria —, New York-born operatic soprano who died in 1977 (6)

19 Clifford —, author of stage play Waiting for Lefty (5)

21 Large Eurasian bird of the crow family (4)

22 Hindu system of meditation and asceticism (4)

Crossword

ACROSS

1 Sorcery (5)

7 Female offspring (8)

8 Decree (5)

10 In all places (4,3,4)

12 Idleness (8)

14 Little devils (4)

16 Great delight (4)

17 Witty retort (8)

20 In prison (6,4)

23 Greek letter (5)

24 Unprepared (3-5)

25 Storey in a building (5)

DOWN

1 Breakfast food (6)

2 Unit of length (4)

3 Cummerbund (4)

4 Representative (5)

5 Deadlock (9)

6 Speaks slowly (6)

9 Tips up (5)

11 Temporary substitute (9)

13 Single number (3)

15 Scottish landowner (5)

16 Tree-dwelling ape (6)

18 Chocolate finger-cake (6)

19 Pig’s nose (5)

21 Farm building (4)

22 Vend (4)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror