QUIZWORD CLUES

ACROSS

1 Southernmost of the islands of the Inner Hebrides off the Scottish coast (5) 7 Robert —, villain in 1748 Samuel Richardson novel Clarissa (8) 8 Sidney —, Best Director Oscar nominee for 12 Angry Men (5) 10 Arthur —, Poland-born pianist and honorary KBE who died in 1982 (10) 12 1989 film thriller starring Sam Neill and Nicole Kidman (4,4)

14 See 21 Down

16 Scottish island of the Inner Hebrides southeast of Rum (4) 17 Author of novels Shark, The Butt and Dorian (4,4) 20 Antoine-Augustin —, agriculturist who introduced the use of potatoes as food into France (10) 23 Former name for both the county of Shropshire and the town of Shrewsbury (5) 24 1980 comedy-crime film starring

Burt Reynolds and Lesley-Anne Down (5,3) 25 and 6 Down Best Actress in a Supporting Role Oscar winner for Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (5,6)

DOWN

1 and 16 Down 2006 film drama starring Laura Dern and Jeremy Irons (6,6)

2 A J —, English philosopher whose works include Language, Truth and Logic (4)

3 Large desert in E Asia (4) 4 Microscopic fungus used in beer and bread manufacture (5) 5 1985 film Western directed by and starring Clint Eastwood (4,5)

6 See 25 Across

9 Stanley —, actor who appeared in, co-wrote and co-directed 1996 film drama Big Night (5) 11 1991 studio album by Michael Jackson (9) 13 Garland of flowers worn around the neck in Hawaii (3)

15 The —, 1943 stage play by Jean-Paul Sartre (5)

16 See 1 Down 18 Joseph —, Australian author of novel Such is Life: Being Certain Extracts from the Diary of Tom Collins, published in 1903 (6) 19 River in Hades in Greek mythology that caused forgetfulness in those who drank from it (5) 21 and 14 Across

1994 action film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis (4,4) 22 Basic melodic mode in Indian classical music (4)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror