QUIZWORD CLUES

ACROSS 1 Wes —, actor who played Eytukan in 2009 action film Avatar (5) 4 Dry white wine from Veneto, Italy (5) 10 See 14 Down

11 2013 novel by Dan Brown (7) 12 Sonia —, 1978 Commonwealth 100m gold medallist (8) 13 Villainous ensign in William Shakespeare play Othello (4) 15 Northern constellation whose stars include Deneb (6) 17 Brent —, actor-singer who played Lt Commander Data in US television series Star Trek: The Next Generation (6) 19 Very short skirt worn by a ballerina (4) 20 1975 novel by Charles Bukowski (8) 23 Any of the apostolic letters of Saints Paul, Peter, John, Jude or James in the New Testament (7) 24 US state; capital Boise (5) 25 Charles —, French film pioneer who died in 1957 (5) 26 Group of Bantu languages of southern Africa including Xhosa and Zulu (5)

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2 Mark —, US author of 1881 novel The Prince and the Pauper (5) 3 Father of Icarus in Greek mythology (8) 5 King of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia from 757-796 (4) 6 Plant with small blue, white or purple flowers and square stems also called Herb of the Cross (7) 7 US author of novels O Pioneers! and My Antonia (5,6) 8 Serge —, Director of the Paris Opera Ballet who choreographed 1950 work Phedre (5) 9 2007 comedy-adventure film starring Bill Milner and Will Poulter (3,2,6) 14 and 10 Across

Satirical ITV puppet show that ran from 1984-96 (8,5) 16 2003 film thriller starring Halle Berry and Robert Downey Jr (7) 18 Geoff —, 1974 and 1978 Commonwealth shot put gold medallist (5) 21 The —, 1964 film thriller starring Burt Lancaster and Paul Scofield (5) 22 US state; capital Salt Lake City (4) Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror