QUIZWORD CLUES

ACROSS

1 US jazz pianist-singer whose compositions include Honeysuckle Rose and Ain’t Misbehavin’ (4,6) 8 2003 novel by Martina Cole (3,4) 9 Parminder —, actress who played Dr Neela Rasgotra in US television series ER (5) 10 Paul —, actor who played the title role in 2015 action-comedy film Ant-Man (4) 11 Steffi —, winner of the Australian Open singles tennis championship from 1988-90 and 1994 (4) 12 Small Old World songbird such as the Great — or Bearded — (3) 14 Eurasian plum tree with an edible blue-black oval fruit (6) 15 Gay —, US golfer: 1967 Masters Tournament winner (6) 18 The —, 2011 novel by George Pelecanos (3) 20 The —, 2003 Channel 4 film starring David Morrissey and Michael Sheen (4) 21 Diana —, 1994 Best Actress in a Play Tony Award winner for Medea (4) 23 — Peninsula, area of land in South Australia between Spencer Gulf and Gulf St Vincent (5) 24 Johannes —, painter whose works include 1656’s The Procuress (7) 25 1970 work by Gore Vidal subtitled A Novel in the Form of a Memoir (3,7)

DOWN

1 and 16 2007 biopic starring Hilary Swank as Erin Gruwell (7,7) 2 River in N England that flows to the North Sea at South Shields (4) 3 and 13 2002 action film starring Mel Gibson and Madeleine Stowe (2,4,8) 4 The —, 1999 novel by Jake Arnott (4,4) 5 Number represented by VIII in Roman numerals (5) 6 Extinct flying reptile of the late Jurassic period with a long slender head and neck (11) 7 2006 biopic starring Sienna Miller as Edie Sedgwick (7,4) 13 See 3 Down 16 See 1 Down 17 Martin —, actor who played Oliver Pryde in BBC TV sitcom Rings on Their Fingers (6) 19 Scott —, author of novels Personal Injuries and Presumed Innocent (5) 22 Small slender European freshwater fish also called an ide (4) Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror