QUIZWORD CLUES

ACROSS

1 and 4 2004 Derby winner ridden by Kieren Fallon (5,5) 4 See 1 Across 10 1964-66 Cheltenham Gold Cup-winning horse (5) 11 Muse of lyric poetry and music in Greek mythology (7) 12 James —, British winner of the 2007 Superbike World Championship (8) 13 Brad —, Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for Moneyball (4) 15 Duke of Illyria in William Shakespeare play Twelfth Night (6) 17 Peninsula in the N Adriatic Sea whose chief city is Pula (6) 19 Woodwind instrument whose mouthpiece has a double reed (4) 20 US river rising in the Okefenokee Swamp on the Georgia-Florida border which flows to the Gulf of Mexico (8) 23 and 21 Down 1967 novel by Agatha Christie (7,5) 24 George —, Best Actor in a Supporting Role Oscar nominee for Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? (5) 25 See 26 Across 26 and 25 Author of novels In Custody and The Village by the Sea (5,5)

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2 Judy —, 1994 Commonwealth shot gold medallist (5)

3 and 14 2000 Booker Prize-winning novel by Margaret Atwood (3,5,8) 5 Ninth letter of the Greek alphabet (4) 6 British subsonic military jet plane capable of vertical/short takeoff and landing (7) 7 One of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus in the New Testament; patron saint of tanners (11) 8 1974 biopic starring Dustin Hoffman in the title role (5) 9 Genus of plants including hercampuri and agueweed (11) 14 See 3 Down 16 In poetry, a metrical foot consisting of two long syllables (7) 18 Lee —, London-born stand-up comedian; regular panellist on BBC TV show They Think It’s All Over from 1995-97 (5) 21 See 23 Across 22 Sixth letter in the Greek alphabet (4)