QUIZWORD CLUES

ACROSS

1, 13 and 17 Down 1961 novel by Muriel Spark (3,5,2,4,4,6) 8 2003 novel by Bernard Cornwell (7) 9 Largest French-speaking city in Belgium (5) 10 In cricket, either of the small wooden bars placed across the top of a set of stumps to form a wicket (4) 11 Second letter of the Greek alphabet (4) 12 Series of games in a tennis match (3) 14 2009 biopic starring Hilary Swank in the title role (6) 15 Maria —, actress formerly married to actors Richard Durden and Nigel Davenport (6) 18 Vietnamese New Year celebrated during the first seven days of the first lunar month of the year (3) 20 Mia —, actress who played Sloane Peterson in 1986 film Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (4) 21 In weaving, yarn woven across the width of a fabric (4) 23 Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin show; 1977 Tony Award winner for Best Musical and Best Original Score (5) 24 Robert-Jan —, Dutch golfer; 2003 Dubai Desert Classic tournament winner (7) 25 Town in North Cornwall near the Devon border housing a Norman castle (10)

DOWN

1 Social insect also called a white ant (7) 2 1999 comedy starring Matthew McConaughey in the title role (4) 3 See 6 Down

4 Historic province of Romania whose cities included Jassy and Bacau (8) 5 Jesse —, 1936 Olympic 100m and 200m gold medallist (5)

6 and 3 2009 comedy starring Philip Seymour Hoffman and Bill Nighy (3,4,4,6) 7 London Underground station on the Central Line west of Snaresbrook and Wanstead (11) 13 See 1 Across 16 Port in the Ukraine on the Dnieper River and the Black Sea (7) 17 See 1 Across 19 Port in Tanzania on the Indian Ocean near the Kenyan border (5) 22 Adjective used to describe Champagne that is not sweet (4)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror