Quiz Crossword

ACROSS

1 Item of food named after John Montagu, the 4th Earl of … (8) 5 “The …”, 1958 sci-fi film starring Steve McQueen as Steve Andrews (4) 9 1987 film featuring selections from ten operas directed by Ken Russell and Nicolas Roeg among others (4) 10 Ancient city in N Spain captured by Scipio the Younger in 133 B.C. (8) 11 Industrial city in Poland that is the centre of the Katowice mining area (5) 12 Citadel in Moscow that contains the offices of the Russian government (7) 13 Actor whose film roles included Professor Ned Brainard in Son Of Flubber (4,9) 18 S, West Indies Test cricketer who took 7-49 against England at Birmingham in 1957 (8) 19 Mort, Quebec-born comedian who penned the autobiography Heartland (4) 20 Oliver … Holmes, 19th Century US poet whose works include The Chambered Nautilus (7) 21 See 2 Down 22 Loch … in NW Scotland is said to be inhabited by a monster (4) 23 Alphabet used for the writing of Russian and Bulgarian (8)

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2, 13 Down and 21 Across 1989 novel by John Irving (1,6,3,4,5) 3 Colourless hard mineral composed of carbon (7) 4 1963 Wimbledon men’s singles tennis champion (5,8) 6 Gene, 1961 US Open golf champion (7) 7 … Castle in County Cork, Republic of Ireland houses a stone said to endow those who kiss it with the gift of flattery (7) 8 Jean-Philippe, French composer of the opera Hippolyte et Aricie (6) 13 See 2 14 PH, England Test cricketer who took 7-66 against Pakistan at Karachi in 1978 (7) 15 Michael, actor whose film roles include Mr Blonde in Reser- voir Dogs (6) 16 Jane, actress who portrayed Calamity Jane in the film The Paleface (7) 17 1979 Richard Fleischer film starring Michael Caine and Peter Ustinov (7)