QUIZWORD CLUES

ACROSS

6 and 15 1959 children’s book by Mary Norton; third in a series featuring the Clock family (3,9,6) 8 1957 stage play by Samuel Beckett (7) 9 Port in SW Sweden on the Sound opposite Copenhagen (5) 10 In billiards, the white ball distinguished from the plain ball by a mark (4) 12 Type of fastening invented by Georges de Mestral in 1948 (6) 14 Donald —, First Minister of Scotland from 1999-2000 (5)

15 See 6 Across 16 City on the Mediterranean under Egyptian administration from 1949 until its occupation by Israel in 1967 (4) 19 See 21 Across 21 and 19 Across 1931 novel by Pearl Buck that won the Pulitzer Prize the following year (3,4,5) 22 The —, 1971 novel by E L Doctorow inspired by the 1951 Rosenberg Trial (4,2,6)

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1 2016 action-comedy film starring Ryan Reynolds in the title role (8) 2 Nick —, actor who played Aramis in 2001 action film The Musketeer (5) 3 1980 stage play by Steven Berkoff (5) 4 The —, 1968 film drama starring Burt Lancaster and Janet Landgard (7) 5 Russian river that flows to the Caspian Sea at Guryev (4) 6 and 20 1960 novel by Lynne Reid Banks (3,1-6,4) 7 — Coast, area of SE India extending from False Divi Point to Kanyakumari (10) 11 Hard black variety of lignite (3) 12 Department of SE France; capital Toulon (3) 13 Host city in France of the 1924 Winter Olympics (8) 14 Large loose-fitting brightly-coloured upper garment originally from West Africa (7) 17 Kathy —, actress who played Nora Batty in BBC TV sitcom Last of the Summer Wine (5) 18 Person who refrains from using any animal product for food or clothing (5) 20 See 6 Down