QUIZWORD CLUES

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3 Katerina —, 2016 Olympic pole vault gold medallist (9) 8 River of central England that flows to the River Severn at Tewkesbury (4) 9 Silvery-white metallic element; symbol Sc (8) 10 ITV children’s show hosted by Chris Tarrant that ran from 1974-82 (6) 13 Alloy of iron and nickel discovered by Charles Edouard Guillaume (5) 14 Country in southern Africa; capital Windhoek (7) 15 and 7 Down

The —, 1979 drama starring David Bennent based on a 1959 novel by Gunter Grass (3,4) 16 Yuri —, Soviet cosmonaut who made the first manned space flight in 1961 (7) 17 SI unit of electric capacitance (5) 21 Administrative centre of Devon (6) 22 High school girlfriend of Clark Kent in the Superman comic book series (4,4) 23 National style of wrestling of Japan (4) 24 1953 comedy starring Dinah Sheridan and John Gregson (9)

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1 Bird of the pheasant family such as the grey — or red-legged — (9) 2 Fictional character created by Lester Dent who first appeared in 1933 pulp novel The Man of Bronze (3,6)

4 and 12 1984 Olympic women’s javelin gold medallist (5,9) 5 Dynasty of Roman emperors from 69–96 AD including Vespasian, Titus and Domitian (7) 6 River upon which Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, stands (4) 7 See 15 Across 11 and 20 1960 novel by Graham Greene (1,5-3,4) 12 See 4 Down

14 Anais —, author of 1954 short novel A Spy in the House of Love (3) 15 Musical percussion instruments also called kettledrums (7) 18 Triangular-shaped semi-desert region that forms the southern part of Israel (5) 19 Cultivated variety of cabbage with crinkled leaves (4) 20 See 11 Down