QUIZWORD CLUES

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1 Capital of Nigeria (5) 4 Bryan —, Australian actor who played King Carney in 2008 film drama Australia (5) 10 The —, 2010 action film starring Liam Neeson as Colonel Hannibal Smith (1-4) 11 Thomas —, English publisher of an 1818 expurgated version of The Family Shakespeare (7) 12 Largest city in Punjab, India (8) 13 Malaysian or Indonesian knife with a wavy-edged blade (4) 15 Roman emperor from 98-117 (6) 17 Second epoch of the Palaeogene period in the geologic timescale (6) 19 See 26 Across 20 South American republic; capital Bogota (8) 23 Highest mountain in the world (7) 24 Sarah —, actress who played Sarah Braithwaite in ITV series At Home with the Braithwaites (5) 25 Pasta in the form of short tubes (5) 26 and 19 Labour MP for Neath from 1991-2015; Secretary of State for Wales from 2002-08 (5,4)

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2 1986-91 BBC TV sitcom starring Jean Boht as Nellie Boswell (5) 3 and 8 Tree of the pea family also called cocuswood whose wood is used for making reeded wooden musical instruments (8,5) 5 Arthur —, 1958 Commonwealth shot put gold medallist (4) 6 Fern of the spleenwort family of North America and Eurasia (4,3) 7 1936 children’s book by Noel Streatfeild (6,5) 8 See 3 Down 9 2008 Scottish Grand National winner ridden by Mr Charlie Huxley (4,2,5) 14 1958 comedy film starring, directed and written by Jacques Tati; 1959 Best Foreign Language Film Oscar winner (3,5) 16 University city in central Texas, US associated with the agriculture and petroleum industries (7) 18 Alessandro —, Italian physicist who developed the first electrochemical cell (5)

21 and 22 Best Actor in a Supporting Role Oscar nominee for Coming Home (5,4) 22 See 21 Down