ACROSS

1 Comic novelist who wrote Blott on the Landscape; which was adapted into a television series starring George Cole, Geraldine James and David Suchet (6) 4 Consisting of calyces (sepals) and corollas (petals), the sections of plants functioning to effect reproduction (7) 8 TV dramatist whose productions include Pennies from Heaven, The Singing Detective and Cold Lazarus (6) 14 Fish used to flavour Worcestershire sauce, Patum Peperium, bagna cauda, tapenade, Scotch woodcock and butter for red meat such as steak (7) 15 Latin word meaning ‘life’ (5) 16 Country, site of the Cliffs of Moher and a medieval castle with a stone that, according to legend, bestows the gift of eloquence if kissed (7) 17 Currency of the country with the capital Phnom Penh (4) 18 Variety of malted wheat bread made by the company famous for an advert featuring a boy pushing a bike up the cobbles of Gold Hill in Shaftesbury, England (7) 19 Historically, a type of tilting tournament and pageantry in which groups of knights participated in demonstrations of equestrian skills (8) 22 Spanish musician noted for his interpretation of Bach’s Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello, especially Suite No 1 in G Major BWV 1007 (6) 23 French mayonnaise-like sauce flavoured with herbs, cornichons, capers and 14 Across, served with shredded celeriac/ fennel or fillets of sole (9) 24 Word directing a musician to return to bowing, typically at the end of a pizzicato passage (4) 28 Instrument played by Roy Castle in the closing theme to British children’s TV show Record Breakers titled Dedication (7) 30 This Is Your Life host who went on to present Antiques Roadshow until Fiona Bruce took over in 2008 (5) 31 Province in Canada with a predominantly French-speaking population, site of Montreal (6) 35 Australian state, capital Brisbane (10) 36 Competition for gun dogs to demonstrate their level of skill and training in retrieving, pointing, etc (5,5) 38 Greek god of darkness, son of Chaos (6) 39 Traditional handball court game played at Eton College (5) 40 Artist whose work Les femmes d’Alger (Version ‘O’) was sold at Christie’s, New York, in May this year for $179.4 million (7) 44 French river rising in the Cévennes mountains and flowing to Garonne which is spanned by the Millau Viaduct (4) 45 Animal named by Sir David Attenborough as one of his 10 favourites he would save from extinction (9)