Quiz Crossword

ACROSS

3 President of Gabon from 1967 (4,5) 8 Colourless gaseous element whose symbol is Ne (4) 9 The … Mountains of the Appalachians extend from northern Pennsylvania to southwestern Virginia (9) 10 and 11 Across 1941 novel by Hammond Innes (6,5) 11 See 10 14, 4 Down and 23 Down 1953 radio drama by Dylan Thomas (5,4,4) 15 Swedish aircraft firm that also makes cars and missiles (4) 16 First sign of the zodiac (5) 18 Small semiaquatic amphibian (4) 20 Lake … lies in the Sierra Nevada Mountains (5) 21 Andy, 1985 US Open golf champion (5) 24 Anise-flavoured alcoholic drink (6) 25 Nicholas, author of the novels Castle Garac and The White Rajah (9) 26 Heavy-bodied, fast-swimming mackerel shark of the genus Isurus (4) 27 Small alpine flowering plant, Leontopodium alpinum, having white woolly oblong leaves (9)

DOWN

1 Massif in Nepal that is part of the Himalayas (9) 2 Town in central Northern Ireland on the River Bann (9) 4 See 14 Across 5 Mercedes, Best Supporting Actress Oscar winner for The Fisher King (5) 6 “The …”, 2001 Alejandro Amenabar film starring Nicole Kidman (6) 7 Ben, marooned pirate in RL Stevenson’s novel Treasure Island (4) 9 Capital of Ghana (5) 11 US and Canadian sect that traces its origin to Jakob Amman (5) 12 Woody Allen film starring the director as Isaac Davis (9) 13 Brian De Palma film starring Cliff Robertson as Michael Courtland (9) 17 Small Eurasian mammal closely related to the weasel (5) 19 Either of two small oval masses of lymphatic tissue one on each side of the oral pharynx (6) 22 Mel, big band singer and composer who died in 1999 (5) 23 See 14 Across 24 Joe, jazz guitarist who died in 1994 whose record albums include Virtuoso (4)