QUIZWORD CLUES

ACROSS

6 Formation of words imitating the sound of a noise, such as pop and whoosh (12) 8 and 14, 17 Down

1997 novel by Val McDermid (3,4,2,3,5) 9 Small aromatic plant of the mint family (5)

10 and 3 Down Make of motor car driven by Giuseppe Farina in winning the 1950 F1 World Drivers’ Championship (4,5) 12 John —, radio announcer who commentated on the University Boat Race from 1931-80 (6) 14 See 8 Across

15 Donkey in stories by A A Milne (6) 16 Guy —, 1976 Olympic 110m hurdles gold medallist (4) 19 Sandstone formation in Northern Territory, Australia also known as Ayers Rock (5) 21 1964 Roger Vadim film drama starring Jane Fonda based on a stage play by Arthur Schnitzler (2,5) 22 1987 David Mamet film drama starring Lindsay Crouse and Joe Mantegna (5,2,5)

DOWN

1 Insect often mistaken for a wasp or bee that feeds on the nectar and pollen of flowers (8) 2 Hiram —, US-born inventor of the first automatic machine gun (5) 3 See 10 Across 4 See 6 Down 5 Roman scholar whose history of Rome contained 42 books (4)

6 and 4 1987 film comedy starring Shelley Long and Bette Midler (10,7) 7 2009 novel by Dean Koontz (10) 11 The —, 2001 action film starring Jet Li and Carla Gugino (3) 12 1887 H Rider Haggard novel subtitled A History of Adventure (3) 13 Chiricahua Apache leader who died in 1909 (8) 14 City in Siberia, Russia on the Angara River (7) 17 See 8 Across 18 Melvyn —, author of novels Crystal Rooms and Now is the Time (5) 20 Japanese thick wheat flour noodle (4)