QUIZWORD CLUES

ACROSS

1 Author of 1957 novel Room at the Top (4,6) 8 Moorish castle or palace in Spain such as the — of Segovia (7)

9 and 17 Down Motor racing driver; F1 1999 Australian GP winner (5,6) 10 Kenyan lioness cared for by George and Joy Adamson from 1956-61 (4) 11 Sidney —, British economist and social historian who co-founded magazine The New Statesman with wife Beatrice (4) 12 Judy —, famous mother of actress Kate Beckinsale (3) 14 Clive —, actor who played Mike Barratt in Casualty and Holby City (6)

15 and 3 Down Saracens rugby union flanker; 2003 South Africa Test debutant against Georgia (6,6) 18 Genus of evergreen shrubs including the common — whose bitter leaves are used in herbal medicine (3) 20 Vince —, actor who played Ron Dixon in Channel 4 soap Brookside from 1990-2003 (4) 21 2011 film comedy starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost (4) 23 Rev W —, creator of Thomas the Tank Engine (5) 24 The —, 1961 novel by Mary Stewart (3,4) 25 1996 comedy-drama film starring Pete Postlethwaite, Tara Fitzgerald and Ewan McGregor (7,3)

DOWN

1 Thomas Jonathan ‘Stonewall’ —, Confederate brigadier general associated with the First Battle of Bull Run of 1861 during the American Civil War (7) 2 City in Shandong, China, known for peony cultivation (4) 3 See 15 Across 4 Frank —, Berlin-born artist whose works include 1965’s Mornington Crescent (8) 5 Rafael —, 2008 and 2010 Wimbledon singles tennis championship winner (5) 6 Women’s British Open Squash Championship winner from 1950-59 (5,6) 7 US author of 1903 autobiography The Story of My Life; subject of 1962 biopic The Miracle Worker (5,6) 13 See 16 Down 16 and 13 1873 novel by Thomas Hardy whose heroine is Elfride Swancourt (1,4,2,4,4) 17 See 9 Across 19 Shrub or small tree with red, purple or black berry-like fruits (5) 22 Laura —, US singersongwriter whose 1967 album debut was More Than a New Discovery (4)