Quiz Crossword

ACROSS

3 John, author of the 1925 novel Manhattan Transfer (3,6) 8 and 7 Down 1907 novel by L Frank Baum (4,2,2) 9 Eliphalet, US inventor and arms manufacturer who died in 1861 (9) 10 François, Prime Minister of France appointed in 2007 (6) 11 European food fish similar to the turbot (5) 14 Bone in the middle ear of mammals that is also called the anvil (5) 15 B.C., West Indies Test cricketer who scored an innings of 216 against Pakistan at Multan in 2006 (4) 16 A doughnut-shaped geometric surface generated by rotating a circle about a line in the same plane as the circle but not intersecting it (5) 18 Department of France whose capital is Lille (4) 20 Damien, British artist who won the 1995 Turner Prize (5) 21 Odilon, French painter whose works include 1898’s Vierge nimbée (5) 24 Ancient Latin hymn sung at matins in the Roman Catholic Church (2,4) 25 Chris, winner of the 2007 MotoGP Grand Prix De France (9) 26 Mike, 2003 US Masters golf champion (4) 27 Dog of a Tibetan breed whose tail is carried curled over its back (5,4)

DOWN

1 “The ... ... ”,1953 musical comedy by Sandy Wilson (3,6) 2 Canadian painter whose works include 1931’s Big Raven (5,4) 4 “The ...”, Richard Donner horror film starring Gregory Peck (4) 5 MJ, England Test cricketer who scored an innings of 126 n.o. against West Indies at Lord’s in 2007 (5) 6 The Convent of ... ... in Switzerland was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1983 (2,4) 7 See 8 Across 9 The ... is a powerful current caused by conflicting tides around the Shetland and Orkney Islands (5) 11 George Gordon, poet whose works include Beppo and Don Juan (5) 12 Author of the novel Cider with Rosie (6,3) 13 US city and seaport in Maryland (9) 17 Michael, actor who portrays Tony Blair in the film The Queen (5) 19 Smaller of the two satellites of Mars (6) 22 Rafael, 1963 US National Singles men’s tennis champion (5) 23 First wife of Jacob in the Old Testament (4) 24 River in England that flows to the North Sea at Middlesbrough (4)