QUIZWORD CLUES

ACROSS

1 See 21 Down 4 Island in Samoa; chief town Apia (5) 10 Pierre —, prime minister of France from 1935-36 executed in 1945 (5) 11 Jackie —, Best Actor in a Supporting Role Oscar nominee for The Hustler (7) 12 Television presenter; Chairman of Luton Town football club since 2008 (4,4) 13 Fritz —, director of the films M, The Testament of Dr Mabuse and Metropolis (4) 15 F —, English author of the novels The Tinted Venus and Vice Versa (6) 17 Perennial plant of the nightshade family cultivated for its edible tubers (6) 19 and 5 Down Character played by Diana Rigg in 1960s television series The Avengers (4,4) 20 Land of tiny people in 1726 Jonathan Swift novel Gulliver’s Travels (8) 23 Variety of wheat with pale red kernels cultivated as grain for horses (7) John —, actor who played Superintendent Waverley in comedy horror films The Abominable Dr Phibes and Dr Phibes Rises Again (5) 25 City in NW Russia on the Velikaya River (5) 26 and 8 Down US vice president from 1969-73 (5,5)

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2 June —, Canada-born actress; younger sister of Gypsy Rose Lee (5) 3 1981 film drama starring Jane Fonda and Kris Kristofferson (8) 5 See 19 Across 6 Milan opera house severely damaged during World War II (2,5) 7 Royal dynasty that ruled England from 1154-1485 (11) 8 See 26 Across 9 2006 novel by Kate Atkinson (3,4,4) 14 Size of writing paper measuring 13 by 17 inches named after the watermark formerly used on it (8) 16 A —, Australia Test cricketer who hit 156 against England at Melbourne in 2006 (7) 18 River in N France; scene of a major Allied offensive in 1918 (5) 21 and 1 Across Secretary of State for Trade from 1974-76 (5,5) 22 Dog belonging to Dorothy Gale in the Oz series of books by L Frank Baum (4) Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror