QUIZWORD CLUES

ACROSS

1 Name, until 1989, of SE Asian country Myanmar (5)

7 Species of plant whose leaves yield a juice used in skin and hair preparations (4,4)

8 and 23 2001 and 2002 Ascot Gold Cup winner ridden by Johnny Murtagh (5,5)

10 North American name for the fruit of the capsicum plant (4,6)

12 Bathsheba —, character in 1874 Thomas Hardy novel Far From the Madding Crowd (8)

14 River in Hades in Greek mythology across which Charon ferried the souls of the dead (4)

16 Douglas —, Field Marshal; Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force from 1915-18 (4)

17 Richard —, actor who starred as Admiral Nelson in 1960s US television series Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (8)

20 and 11 Down 1945 Evelyn Waugh novel subtitled The Sacred & Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder (10,9)

23 See 8 Across 24 1819 verse tragedy by Shelley based on a 1599 crime (3,5)

25 and 15 Down Former state of NE India; part of West Bengal since 1950 (5,5)

DOWN

JM—, author of 1902 novel The Little White Bird (6)

2 Ancient kingdom in the Old Testament east of the Dead Sea (4)

3 Airline; flag carrier of Israel (2,2)

4 and 5 New town in Hertfordshire on the chalk foothills of the Chilterns (5,9)

5 See 4 Down 6 The —, 1999 action/sci-fi film starring Keanu Reeves and Laurence Fishburne (6)

9 Ivan —, winner of the 1989 Australian Open singles tennis championship (5)

11 See 20 Across 13 Basketball league of North America (1,1,1) 15 See 25 Across

16 Dominik —, winner of the 2004 Marseille Open singles tennis tournament (6)

18 Bruce —, 1962 European Championships 5,000m gold medallist (6)

19 Port in Para, Brazil, on the Para River (5) 21 Scott —, US golfer; 1995 and 1997 Greater Milwaukee Open tournament winner (4)

22 Former Portugal midfield footballer; Barcelona 2006 Champions League Final winner (4)

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