Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword ACROSS
1 Singer-actress who played The Acid Queen in 1975 film musical Tommy (4,6)
8 Derek —, Kilmarnock FC manager appointed in 2022 (7)
9 Member of a body of lancers first employed in the Polish army (5)
10 See 11 Across
11 and 10 2000 adventurecomedy film starring Breckin Meyer and Seann William
Scott (4,4)
12 Small Old World songbird such as the Great — or Bearded — (3) 14 Fortified wine originally from the Jerez region of Spain (6)
15 1950 short story collection by Isaac Asimov (1,5)
18 Land of —, region in the Old Testament to which Cain was banished after he had killed Abel (3)
20 Robert —, Best Actor in a Supporting Role Oscar nominee for A Man for All Seasons (4)
21 Guy —, 1976 Olympic 110m hurdles gold medallist (4)
23 Genus of small terrestrial lizards that inhabit warm regions of the Old World (5)
24 Hard Swiss cheese also called Schabziger flavoured with blue fenugreek (7)
25 1820 poem by
P B Shelley (2,1,7)
DOWN
1 1956 novel by Compton
Mackenzie (4,3)
2 1880 novel by Emile
Zola (4)
3 and 13 2007 novel by
Sue Grafton (1,2,3,8) 4 1998 crime drama film starring Matt Damon and Edward Norton (8)
5 Port in Israel on the
Gulf of Aqaba (5)
6 and 7 Foundation for education and scientific research in Washington, DC, US, established in
1846 (11,11)
7 See 6 Down
13 See 3 Down
16 City in Los Angeles County, California,
US; home of numerous media and entertainment companies (7)
17 Raymond —, Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for Abe Lincoln in Illinois (6)
19 Tony —, Maltese winner of the 2003 World Pool Masters Championship (5)
22 Capital and largest
city of Samoa (4)
Crossword ACROSS
1 Free enterprise (10)
8 Imaginary circle around
the Earth (7)
9 Begin working (3,2)
10 Precipitation from
clouds (4)
11 Cab (4)
12 Nothing (3)
14 Wringer (6)
15 Package (6)
18 Pinch sharply (3)
20 Loose flowing garment (4) 21 Perceive with the ear (4) 23 Star sign (5)
24 Deep purplish-red (7)
25 Think about again (10)
DOWN
1 Carefulness (7)
2 Meat spread (4)
3 Scottish clan
design (6)
4 Sweet or juicy (8) 5 Lucifer (5)
6 Tending to cause
harm (11)
7 Fruitless
undertaking (5,6) 13 In the open air (8) 16 Kitchen
sideboard (7)
17 Counting frame (6) 19 Group of lions (5) 22 Feral (4)