QUIZWORD CLUES

ACROSS

1 and 25 Director of films Outland, The Relic and Capricorn One (5,5)

4 City in Nebraska,

US, on the Missouri River opposite Council Bluffs, Iowa (5)

10 Georges —, French composer of 1925 ballet Les Matelots (5) 11 2007 biopic starring Sam Riley as singer

Ian Curtis (7)

12 2006 novel by

Michael Connelly (4,4) 13 Jeremy —, journalist, radio and television presenter whose credits include Eggheads (4) 15 Yasuo —, 2007-08 prime minister of Japan (6) 17 Number represented by LXXX in Roman numerals (6)

19 Active volcano in Sicily (4)

20 Christine —, 2008 Olympic 400m gold medallist (8)

23 2000 mystery film starring

Cate Blanchett and Giovanni Ribisi (3,4) 24 Heraldry term for blue (5)

25 See 1 Across 26 Shrub with fragrant violet, pink or white flowers (5)

DOWN

2 Third planet from the sun (5)

3 1955 comedy-drama film starring John Mills, Yvonne Mitchell and Alastair Sim (8) 5 Semiaquatic mammal whose fur is highly valued (4) 6 Town in Essex on the estuaries of the Rivers Orwell and Stour (7)

7 1978 action film starring Bruce Lee and Gig Young (4,2,5) 8 Group or set of twenty (5)

9 Detective creation of Frederic Dannay and Manfred B Lee (6,5) 14 Danny —, Wasps and former Sale Sharks rugby union fly-half; 2008 England Test debutant against Wales (8)

16 George —, Best Actor in a Supporting Role Oscar winner for

Cool Hand Luke (7) 18 Edmund —, author of novels A Boy’s Own

Story and The Farewell Symphony (5)

21 Rafael —, 1963 US National Singles tennis championship winner (5)

22 Former name of Thailand (4)