Brainteasers

ACROSS

1 Baldwin’s successor as PM (11) 9 (Of evidence) quality of being accepted in a court of law (13) 10 Biblical traitor (8) 12 Norse god (4) 14 Venue of the Derby (5) 15 Batman’s friend (5) 19 Golf or tennis championship tournament (4) 20 Author of The Loneliness of the Long‑distance Runner (8) 22 Australian feminist and broadcaster (8,5) 24 Small arboreal songbird (11)

DOWN

2 Place near Richmond Park in west London (3) 3 Regimental dining hall (4‑4) 4 Inventor of the phonograph (6) 5 First name of Spanish‑born film director Buñuel (4) 6 Liqueur made from whiskey and honey (5,4) 7 Language of ancient Rome (5) 8 Welsh word for Wales (5) 11 Person who serves wine in a noble household (3‑6) 13 Coastal town of northern France (8) 16 Russian river flowing to the Caspian Sea (5) 17 Italian version of Mr (6) 18 Name that links Monty Python stars Jones and Gilliam (5) 21 American university (4) 23 Adam’s partner (3)