QUIZWORD CLUES

ACROSS

1 2000 Spike Lee comedy-drama film starring Damon Wayans and Savion Glover (10) 8 Daniela —, actress who played Anna Forbes in BBC TV drama series This Life (7) 9 Bobby —, 1939 Wimbledon singles tennis championship winner (5) 10 Member of a people of Rwanda and Burundi (4) 11 Third son of Adam in the Old Testament (4) 12 Long-tailed rodent similar to, but larger than, a mouse (3) 14 British unit of measurement equal to one eighth of an ounce (6) 15 Vast treeless zone between the ice cap and timber line of North America and Eurasia (6) 18 Twining plant cultivated for its edible tuber (3) 20 Penelope —, Best Actress in a Supporting Role Oscar winner for Vicky Cristina Barcelona (4) 21 Starchy cereal used for puddings obtained from an Asian palm tree (4) 23 Narcotic drug extracted from the unripe seeds of a poppy (5) 24 US rock group whose UK no 1 albums include New Jersey and These Days (3,4) 25 The —, 1955 film Western starring Burt Lancaster and Dianne Foster (10)

DOWN

1 Jean —, 1926 Wimbledon men’s singles tennis championship winner (7) 2 Golda —, prime minister of Israel from 1969-74 (4) 3 1968 film musical featuring Mark Lester in the title role (6) 4 1957 film drama starring Dana Andrews and Linda Darnell (4,4) 5 Edward —, composer of 1900 oratorio The Dream of Gerontius (5)

6 and 13 1906 novel by H G Wells (2,3,4,2,3,5) 7 Infectious disease of parrots and other birds that can be transmitted to humans (11) 13 See 6 Down

16 Armed mounted infantryman (7) 17 Canadian province whose largest city is Montreal (6) 19 US state; capital Augusta (5) 22 Standard unit of currency of Peru replaced by the nuevo sol in 1991 (4)