Quiz Crossword

1 “The ... ... and other stories”, 1922 short story collection by Katherine Mansfield (6,5) 9 Gene, Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar winner for The French Connection (7) 10 Ryan, Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for Love Story (5) 11 Peter, English tenor associated with the composer Benjamin Britten (5) 12 Nancy, author of the novels Pigeon Pie and Christmas Pudding (7) 13 In cricket, a run scored after the ball has hit a part of the batsman’s body other than the hand without touching the bat (3,3) 15 Isaac, author of the story collection I, Robot (6) 18 Corey, actor whose film roles include Teddy Duchamp in Stand By Me (7) 20 Dark mass of partially decomposed organic matter in the soil (5) 22 Gambling game using two dice in which a player wins if 7 or 11 is thrown (5) 23 Emperor of Japan from 1989 (7) 24 Gustave, French composer of the 1900 opera Louise (11) 2 Capital of Ghana (5) 3 Jack, 1919-26 World Heavyweight boxing champion (7) 4 1862 novel by Wilkie Collins (2,4) 5 and 16 Alexander Payne film starring Jack Nicholson in the title role (5,7) 6 1957 play by Harold Pinter first published in 1960 (3,4) 7 Norman Z McLeod film that starred Bob Hope as ‘Painless’ Potter (3,8) 8 Seaport in SE Russia west of Sapporo, Japan (11) 14 Old Testament giant from Gath who was killed by David (7) 16 See 5 17 Nigel, author of the novels The Quatermass Experiment and Quatermass and the Pit (6) 19 Device for amplifying microwaves that works on the same principle as a laser (5) 21 US state whose capital is Augusta (5)

Across:

- 1 Bulworth. 5 Kuts. 9 Kael. 10 Carapace. 11 James. 12 Sopwith. 13 Life Before Man. 18 O’Herlihy. 19 Dott. 20 Antaeus. 21 Jones. 22 Dish.23 Eniwetok.

Down:

- 2 Ucayali. 3 Walleye. 4 Tears of the Sun. 6 Uranium. 7 Stephen. 8 Harper. 13 Léotard. 14 Fuentes. 15 Belsen. 16 End Zone. 17 Art Deco.