THE BIG CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Alan - - - - - - - - -, playwright ➒ 7 ‘Is’ in the plural ➌ 8 Liverpool racecourse ➐ 9 Honesty ➎ 12 Mexican-born film star,

- - - - - Hayek ➎ 17 Aviation pioneer, - - - - - - Wright ➐

18 Parish official ➏ 19 University Challenge presenter, - - - - - - Paxman See pic ➏ 21 Trudge ➐ 22 Punctuation mark ➎ 24 West Yorkshire city ➎ 26 Illness ➐ 28 One plus one ➌ 29 Complicated ➒ DOWN 1 Large wild animal ➎ 2 Stretch out ➌ 3 Tennis stroke ➎ 4 Francesca - - - - -, TV actress ➎ 5 Head of corn ➌ 6 Writer and star of Girls, - - - Dunham See pic (4) 10 Team races ➏ 11 Portable table ➐ 13 Turkish leader ➌ 14 Cereal grass ➏ 15 South African township ➏ 16 On (a train) ➏ 20 Tree that is often diseased ➌ 22 Conversation ➍ 23 Enclosure for sports events ➎ 24 Game of chance ➎ 25 Chimney fumes ➎ 27 Fib ➌ 28 Darjeeling or Earl Grey, eg ➌