QUIZWORD CLUES

ACROSS 6 1961 comedymusical film starring Cliff Richard and Robert Morley (3,5,4) 8 1988 children’s novel by Roald Dahl (7) 9 Nina —, actress who played Zainab Masood in BBC TV soap Eastenders (5) 10 Ship in which Jason went in search of the Golden Fleece (4) 12 European shrub with pink or white flowers and aromatic blue-black berries (6) 14 Charles —, furniture designer best known for his 1956 Lounge Chair (5) 15 Sarah —, author of novels Mapping the Edge and The Birth of Venus (6) 16 Another name for large marine fish the tunny (4) 19 Vaclav —, president of the Czech Republic from 1993-2003 (5) 21 See 18 Down 22 and 2 Down 2005 novel by Daniel Kehlmann (9,3,5) DOWN 1 Five-sided building housing the headquarters of the US Department of Defense (8) 2 See 22 Across 3 John —, actor who played Mr Humphries in 1977 film comedy Are You Being Served? (5) 4 See 6 Down 5 Chemical element; symbol Pb (4) 6 and 4 1937 stage play by J B Priestley (4,3,3,7) 7 and 11 Ernest Thayer poem about baseball subtitled A Ballad of the Republic Sung in the Year 1888 (5,2,3,3) 11 See 7 Down 12 Arthur —, journalist born in 1875 best known for The Children’s Encyclopaedia (3) 13 Georges Gilles de la —, French physician after whom a neurological condition characterized by physical and verbal tics is named (8) 14 Arthur —, comedian who played Mr Harman in BBC TV sitcom Are You Being Served? (7) 17 Underground railway system, such as that in Paris (5) 18 and 21 Across Radio and television entertainer born Maurice Cole who died in 1995 (5,7) 20 US television comedy series starring Julia Louis-dreyfus as Selina Meyer (4)