QUIZWORD CLUES

ACROSS

1 David —, Conservative MP for Haltemprice and Howden re-elected in 2017; Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union appointed in 2016 (5) 7 Stanislas —, 2016 US Open singles tennis championship winner (8) 8 The —, 1970 film drama starring Michael Crawford and Ryan O’Neal (5) 10 and 19 Down 1972 Sam Shepard stage play with music (3,5,2,5) 12 Wine bottle holding the equivalent of six normal bottles (8) 14 Statuette of a winged woman holding an atom awarded annually in the US for outstanding work in television (4) 16 City and tourist centre in Lombardy, Italy housing the Villa Olmo (4) 17 Maurice de —, French painter whose works include 1906’s The Blue House (8) 20 1982 film drama starring Joan Collins and Carol White (10) 23 Host city of the 2014 Winter Olympics (5) 24 Winter sports resort in Highland, Scotland (8) 25 Town in South Holland, Netherlands, associated with a type of tin-glazed earthenware (5)

DOWN

1 Shipping forecast area east of Tyne and south of Forties (6) 2 Singer-actor who played T-Saint in 1995 action film Tank Girl (3-1)

3 SI unit of power (4) 4 Constellation containing the stars Rigel and Betelgeuse (5) 5 See 13 Down

6 1987 comedy-drama film starring Mickey Rourke and Faye Dunaway based on the life of poet Charles Bukowski (6) 9 Ancient kingdom of the Sabeans (5) 11 1999 action-sci-fi film starring Keanu Reeves and Laurence Fishburne (3,6)

13 and 5 2008 novel by Alastair Campbell (3,2,3,4) 15 Hardy —, dressmaker by appointment to Queen Elizabeth II who founded a fashion house in 1946 (5) 16 High-kicking dance that originated in 19th-century Paris (3-3) 18 Heinrich von —, author of stage plays Penthesilea and The Broken Pitcher (6) 19 See 10 Across 21 2006 animated film featuring the voice talent of Owen Wilson and Paul Newman (4) 22 1948 Alfred Hitchcock film thriller based on a stage play by Patrick Hamilton (4)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror