Quiz Crossword

ACROSS 1 Director of the films Matinée and Gremlins (3,5) 5 1979 Alan Clarke film starring Ray Winstone and Mick Ford (4) 9 Céline, singer who won the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest (4) 10 See 14 Down 11 Metalloid element used in hardening steel whose symbol is B (5) 12 Narrator of the Herman Melville novel Moby-Dick (7) 13 F1 motor racing driver who won the 1995 British Grand Prix (6,7) 18 Ancient language of India that is one of the official languages of the country (8) 19 The final part of a musical structure (4) 20 Any of various brown seaweeds, especially a kelp of the genus Laminaria (7) 21 Ira, author of the novel The Stepford Wives (5) 22 In billiards, spin imparted to a ball by striking it off-centre with the cue (4) 23 Symbol with clockwise arms adopted as the emblem of Nazi Germany (8) DOWN 2 River that forms part of the border between Colombia and Venezuela (7) 3 Brother of the Prince of Arragon in the Shakespeare play Much Ado About Nothing (3,4) 4 1942 novel by Raymond Chandler (3,4,6) 6 Poisonous marsh plant also called water hemlock (7) 7 Footless heraldic bird such as that found on the badge of Sussex County Cricket Club in England (7) 8 Chester A., 21st President of the US (6) 13 1886 novel by Louisa M Alcott (3,4) 14 and 10 Across Prolonged struggle between France and England fought from 1337-1453 (7,5,3) 15 The … Stock Average is an index of prices on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (6) 16 Margaret, British Foreign Secretary from May, 2006 (7) 17 Andy, 2003 US Open men’s singles tennis champion (7)