QUIZWORD CLUES

ACROSS

1 1985 fantasy film starring Fairuza Balk and Nicol Williamson (6,2,2) 8 Nut-bearing tree of North America such as the pignut — or nutmeg — (7) 9 Claudio —, Chilean classical pianist who died in 1991 (5) 10 The —, Test cricket ground in London (4) 11 Nick —, creator of animated characters Wallace and Gromit (4) 12 Umberto —, author of novels The Name of the Rose and Foucault’s Pendulum (3) 14 Black Country town in the West Midlands housing a castle and zoo (6) 15 Palm tree native to Madagascar whose large leaves yield a fibre used for weaving (6) 18 Mammal of the horse family also called a donkey (3) 20 and 23 2004 St Leger winner ridden by Kerrin McEvoy (4,2,3) 21 Series of six or more balls bowled by a cricketer (4) 23 See 20 Across 24 Lightweight white linen or cotton cloth (7) 25 Former Scarlets, Bristol Rugby and Sale Sharks scrum-half; 2001 Wales Test debutant against Japan (6,4)

DOWN

1 See 6 Down 2 2004 action film starring Brad Pitt and Eric Bana (4) 3 2012 novel by Elmore Leonard (6) 4 Jake —, Leeds-born singer-songwriter who died in 2002 (8) 5 Graeme —, cyclist whose 2003 autobiography is entitled Flying Scotsman (5) 6, 1 and 16 Down 1859 novel by George Meredith (3,6,2,7,7) 7 1937 memoir by Karen Blixen (3,2,6) 13 Long distance walking route in SW Republic of Ireland that begins and ends in Glengarriff, County Cork (5,3) 16 See 6 Down 17 Short running attack in fencing (6) 19 Robert M —, 1987 winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics (5) 22 Character played by Bob Hoskins in 1991 adventure film Hook (4)