Quizword & Crossword

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

Quizword

ACROSS

3 and 10 1995 adventure film starring Geena Davis and Matthew Modine (9,6)

8 Captain of whaler the Pequod in 1851 Herman Melville novel Moby-dick (4)

9 Villain in 1876 novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain (5,3)

10 See 3 Across

13 Large spiral-horned antelope of eastern and southern Africa (5)

14 2009 mystery film starring Nicolas Cage and Rose Byrne (7)

15 Hardy annual climbing plant whose pods bear round edible seeds (3)

16 Son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra in Greek mythology; subject of a play by Euripides (7)

17 Stanley —, actor who appeared in, co-wrote and co-directed 1996 film drama Big Night (5)

21 Highest pitched bell in change-ringing (6)

22 Giacomo —, 18th-century Italian adventurer noted for memoir Histoire de ma vie (8)

23 Type of jazz singing characterised by improvised vocal sounds (4)

24 City in southwest Michigan, US, approximately midway between Detroit and Chicago (9)

DOWN

1 1940 Richard Wright novel about Bigger Thomas (6,3)

2 Author of novels The Absolution Game and The Comforts of Madness (4,5)

4 Specialised agency of the UN based in Vienna whose aims include poverty alleviation through manufacturing (5)

5 City and resort in Baja California, northwest Mexico (7)

6 Peter —, 1988 Olympic 1500m winner (4) 7 Buffalo endemic to Indonesia (4)

11 Christopher —, London clockmaker; inventor of a brass alloy that resembled gold (9)

12 Coastal city in southwest Sicily housing the Chiesa di Santa Maria dei Greci (9)

14 1970 film drama starring David Bradley as Billy Casper (3)

15 — Sea, southeastern extension of the Barents Sea south of Novaya Zemlya (7)

18 Council region of South Island, New Zealand, founded by Scottish settlers (5)

19 Town in Galilee where Jesus is said to have performed his first miracle (4)

20 Wall or fence set in a ditch so as not to interrupt the landscape (2-2)

Crossword

ACROSS

3 Vicious act (9)

8 Simple (4)

9 Disconnected or standing apart (8)

10 Foolish talk (6)

13 Very strong person (5)

14 Temporal (7)

15 Forbid (3)

16 Take flight (3,4)

17 Room in the roof (5)

21 Teacher’s workplace (6)

22 Rude or surly (8)

23 Prayer ending (4)

24 Continual (9)

DOWN

1 Initial advantage (4,5)

2 Aide (9)

4 Confuse (5)

5 Road-surfacing material (7)

6 Hard confectionary (4)

7 At that time (4)

11 Raised floors (9)

12 Crisp skin on roast pork (9)

14 Speak (3)

15 Violent robbers or outlaws (7)

18 Pallid (5)

19 Skinny (4)

20 Costing nothing (4)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Mirror