QUIZWORD CLUES

ACROSS

1 and 6 Down William Shakespeare play featuring the characters Oberon and Titania (1,9,6,5) 8 Coastal city in Liguria, Italy, NE of Sanremo (7) 9 Hal —, US silent film producer-director who died in 1992 (5) 10 Myra —, London-born classical pianist who became a DBE in 1941 (4) 11 Standard unit of currency of Georgia (4) 12 1981 comedy-drama starring Julie Andrews and William Holden (1,1,1) 14 Beetle regarded as divine by the ancient Egyptians (6) 15 City in India that is capital of Rajasthan (6) 18 Any of the 24 curved elastic arches of bone that form the chest wall in man (3) 20 Small port and resort in Argyll and Bute, W Scotland (4) 21 First wife of Jacob in the Old Testament (4) 23 Jane —, French cancan dancer; subject of artworks by Henri de ToulouseLautrec (5) 24 Large, long-legged territorial bird of South America such as the red-legged — (7) 25 1960 Ngaio Marsh novel featuring Roderick Alleyn (5,5)

DOWN

1 Reputed Greek courtesan; lover and partner of Pericles (7) 2 Inscription placed over the head of Christ head during the Crucifixion (inits) 3 Steven —, star of action films The Foreigner, Into the Sun and Under Siege (6) 4 Paste made from ground almonds, sugar and egg whites used to coat fruit cakes (8) 5 T G —, England Test cricketer who hit 104 against India at Lord’s in 1952 (5) 6 See 1 Across 7 and 16 2008 novel by Barbara Vine (3,8,7) 13 Follower of Bertram in William Shakespeare play All’s Well That Ends Well (8) 16 See 7 Down 17 City in southern Turkey and the birthplace of Saint Paul (6) 19 Edward —, British painter whose works include 1942’s Soldiers (5) 22 Thomas —, 18th-century English composer noted for his setting of Shakespearean songs (4)