QUIZWORD CLUES

ACROSS

1 and 25 2005 mystery film starring Michael Keaton and Deborah Kara Unger (5,5) 4 City in South Korea housing Yudal Mountain (5) 10 Dome-shaped den constructed by beavers (5) 11 The —, 1958 stage play by Brendan Behan (7) 12 Long-legged insect also called a daddy-longlegs (5,3) 13 Light slender flexible sword tipped by a button (4) 15 Ancient mountaintop fortress overlooking the Dead Sea declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2001 (6)

17 and 24 1952 novel by Kurt Vonnegut Jr (6,5) 19 Arab sailing vessel with one or two masts (4) 20 1965 Grand National winner ridden by Tommy Smith (3,5) 23 Saint and bishop of Carthage martyred in 258 (7) 24 See 17 Across 25 See 1 Across 26 Town that served as the port of ancient Rome (5) DOWN

2 Nine-headed monster in Greek mythology (5) 3 Medical condition also called decompression sickness or caisson disease (3,5) 5 Department of France; capital Beauvais (4) 6 Early 20th-century fast foxtrot performed to ragtime music (7) 7 Yellow-flowered plant of the legume family sometimes grown for fodder (5,6) 8 Marine gastropod mollusc such as the Waved — (5) 9 Hero of Corinth in Greek mythology who captured the horse Pegasus and slayed the Chimera (11) 14 Amphibious egg-laying mammal of Australia with a broad tail and webbed feet (8) 16 Eighth sign of the zodiac (7) 18 Fred —, music-hall impresario born Frederick John Westcott in Exeter, Devon in 1866 (5) 21 Fifth of the five basic tastes along with bitter, salty, sour and sweet (5) 22 1993 novel by Jill Mansell (4) Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror