QUIZWORD CLUES

ACROSS

1 and 11 Secret proposal of 1935 made by the British Foreign Secretary and prime minister of France to end the Second Italo-ethiopian War (5-5,4)

8 Jurgen —, Olympic,

World and two-times European decathlon silver winner behind gold medallist

Daley Thompson (7) 9 1966 Grand National winner ridden by

Tim Norman (5)

10 Ball worth five points in snooker (4)

11 See 1 Across

12 Fifth note of a major scale in tonic sol-fa (3)

14 and 17 Down British poet whose volumes include 1889’s Days and Nights (6,6)

15 Coarse fabric woven from jute or hemp used for sacking (6)

18 Rudyard Kipling novel first published in book form in 1901 (3)

20 Asian bean plant whose nutritious seeds are used as food and forage (4) 21 City in Uttar Pradesh, India, famous for the

Taj Mahal (4)

23 Latin American dance of three steps and a kick to each bar (5) 24 Olive-green mineral found in igneous and metamorphic rocks (7)

25 and 7 Down 1989 novel by Iris Murdoch (3,7,2,3,6)

DOWN

1 Bernard —, French cyclist; 1985 Tour de France winner (7)

2 Domed recess at the east end of a church (4) 3 Set of nine persons or things such as the — of Heliopolis in

Egyptian mythology (6) 4 Genus of plants with large spiny leaves and spikes of white or purplish flowers whose species include bear’s breeches (8) 5 Ancient city in SE

Greece in the NE Peloponnese (5) 6 1993 novel by Michael Connelly (3,5,3)

7 See 25 Across

13 Felix —, German painter whose works include 1944’s Triumph of Death (8)

16 Brown sedimentary rock with a woody texture used as a fuel (7)

17 See 14 Across 19 Edvard —, Norwegian painter whose works include 1907’s

The Sick Child (5) 22 University city in Tuscany, Italy, housing a famous leaning tower (4)