QUIZWORD CLUES

ACROSS

1 See 17 Across 7 Spanish traditional form of musical theatre (8) 8 Peter —, 1998 British Open squash championship winner (5) 10 1914 children’s book by L Frank Baum (3-3,2,2) 12 and 25 2006 film comedy starring sisters Hilary and Haylie Duff (8,5) 14 Insectivorous amphibian whose very long hind legs are specialized for hopping (4) 16 Lake —, reservoir in Arizona and Nevada formed by the Hoover Dam across the Colorado River (4) 17 and 1 Across 2007 short novel by Ian Mcewan (2,6,5) 20 Spanish football club; winners of the European Cup from 1956-60 (4,6) 23 State capital of Oregon, US (5) 24 Island and lighthouse also called Bell Rock off the east coast of Scotland (8) 25 See 12 Across

DOWN

1 Small breed of domestic fowl named after a seaport in Java (6) 2 Waterbird of Europe, Asia and North America with a white bill and forehead (4) 3 John —, Scottish author of novels The Ayrshire Legatees and Annals of the Parish (4) 4 Masashi —, Japanese golfer; 1972 New Zealand PGA Championship winner (5) 5 Region of woodland and heath in Hampshire and Wiltshire noted for its ponies (3,6) 6 German name for the seaport of Gdansk, Poland (6) 9 Liquid measure equal to about one and three-quarter pints (5) 11 Lake —, body of water in NW Saskatchewan and NE Alberta, Canada (9) 13 Department of France; capital Bourg (3) 15 and 16 Down Director and co-writer of 2005 Channel 4 comedy series Nathan Barley (5,6) 16 See 15 Down 18 Soluble powder obtained from certain lichens used as an indicator (6) 19 Madchen —, actress who plays Shelly Johnson in US television series Twin Peaks (5) 21 Johnny —, Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for Finding Neverland (4) 22 Salvador —, Spanish painter whose works include 1937’s Metamorphosis of Narcissus (4)