QUIZWORD CLUES

ACROSS 1 and 26 US musician and bandleader born in 1911 who fronted the group the City Slickers (5,5) 4 Mark —, US author of 1881 novel The Prince and the Pauper (5) 10 Town in Xinjiang, China, north of the Kunlun Mountains; an early centre of Buddhism (5) 11 Capital of Uri, Switzerland, housing a statue of William Tell (7) 12 Region of E France famous for its wines (8) 13 A —, Yorkshire cricketer; 2014 PCA Player of the Year (4) 15 Act of knocking down all the pins with the first ball of a frame in ten-pin bowling (6) 17 Georges —, French statesman and revolutionary guillotined in 1794 (6) 19 The —, 2008 novel by Will Self (4) 20 Greek philosopher who died in 399 BC (8) 23 Machine-readable data storage system co-developed by Bernard Silver and N J Woodland (7) 24 — Spruce, evergreen tree named after a former capital of the Department of Alaska and District of Alaska (5) 25 Howard —, Best Director Oscar nominee for Sergeant York (5) 26 See 1 Across 3 US state; capital Frankfort (8) 5 SI unit of power (4) 6 Line on a map connecting places having equal rainfall (7) 7 2017 animated film comedy starring the voice talent of Alec Baldwin in the title role (3,4,4) 8 John —, Governor of Victoria, Australia, from 2001-06; second man to run a sub-four minute mile (5) 9 Central Asian republic; capital Kabul (11) 14 Amelie —, winner of the 2006 Australian Open and Wimbledon singles tennis championships (8) 16 City and spa resort on North Island, New Zealand, noted for its geothermal activity (7) 18 Billy —, retired seaman who dies of a heart attack in 1883 Robert Louis Stevenson novel Treasure Island (5) 21 Tax of one tenth of annual produce or earnings formerly taken in support of the Church (5) 22 See 2 Down Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror