QUIZWORD CLUES

ACROSS

1 Tree of tropical America whose very light wood is used for modelling (5) 7 US state; capital Denver (8) 8 Erno —, Budapest-born inventor of a famous cube puzzle (5) 10 1951 action film starring Burt Lancaster and Jody Lawrance (3,4,3) 12 See 6 Down

14 2006 musical film drama starring Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova (4) 16 Yellow-flowered plant related to the monkey flower (4) 17 Province of Ireland whose counties include Mayo (8) 20 The —, 1976 film drama starring Robert De Niro and Tony Curtis (4,6) 23 Sam —, actor who played the title role in 2008 comedy-drama film Dean Spanley (5) 24 Charles —, US discoverer of the vulcanisation process for rubber (8) 25 Ancient city in the south of present-day Jordan; capital of the former Nabataean kingdom (5)

DOWN

1 See 18 Down 2 Loretta —, actress who played Major Houlihan in US television sitcom M*A*S*H (4) 3 Den of an otter (4) 4 2012 ghost story by Susan Hill (5) 5 Small wind instrument of the reed organ family also called a mouth organ (9)

6 and 12 Across Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar winner for The Three Faces of Eve (6,8) 9 Martin —, former England, Everton and Arsenal footballer who retired in 2005 (5)

11 and 21 Marine arthropod of south-east Asia and the northern Atlantic coast of North America with a spiked tail (9,4) 13 2011 animated film featuring the voice talent of Jesse Eisenberg and Anne Hathaway (3) 15 George —, English naval commander who completed a circumnavigation of the globe in 1744 (5) 16 Spanish port and resort; birthplace of Pablo Picasso (6) 18 and 1 Down

Actress who played Mavis Wilton in ITV soap Coronation Street from 1984-97 (6,6) 19 Francois —, South Africa 2007 Rugby World Cup Final-winning centre (5) 21 See 11 Down 22 Rare black-and-grey bird also called a Hawaiian goose (4)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror