WIN A LUXURY CROSS PEN

ACROSS

8 To leave an estate to a person or other beneficiary by a will (8) 9 Diane, actress who starred in the 2004 romcom film Something’s Gotta Give (6) 10 A legal or moral obligation to ensure the safety or well-being of others (4,2,4) 11 River in northeast Scotland noted for salmon fishing and whisky production (4) 12 A small hound with a short coat, used for hunting hares (6) 14 One who carves or cuts designs or text on the surface of hard objects (8) 15 ____ Of The Fall, epic tale by the U.S. writer Jim Harrison, later adapted into a 1995 film (7) 17 Robert, actor who played Begbie in 1996 film Trainspotting (7) 20 Bud, vaudeville entertainer and comedian who sang the theme tune to Dad’s Army (8)

22 Public school founded in 1572 by landowner John Lyon (6)

24 A large, yellow-skinned citrus fruit that is a hybrid between a grapefruit and tangerine (4)

25 A brand of slot car racing sets that first appeared in the late 1950s (10)

27 A style of fast, heavy electronic dance music (6) 28 Informal term for an enthusiastic bird watcher (8)

DOWN

1 Expensive and of high quality (2,4) 2 Market town in Greater Manchester that was the birthplace of Prime Minister Robert Peel (4) 3 Andrew, actor who played Jonathan Larson in the 2021 musical film Tick, Tick... Boom! (8) 4 Bundles of grain stalks laid lengthways and tied together after reaping (7) 5 Anita, actress who danced in the Trevi fountain in the 1960 film La Dolce Vita (6) 6 Jazz pianist and entertainer noted for his song Ain’t Misbehavin’ (4,6)

7 A coarse powder mixing animal parts and slaughterhouse products, used as a fertiliser (4,4) 13 A traffic signal giving permission to proceed (5,5) 16 Poems in a classical style on pastoral subjects (8) 18 Name applied to the football teams who play at the Valley and the DW Stadium (8) 19 A daughter of a ruling monarch in Spain (7) 21 Philip, painter and muralist born in 1913, who was a pioneer of neo-expressionism (6) 23 ____ Stone, writer and director of the war drama Platoon (6)

26 Friar ____, jovial portly companion of outlaw Robin Hood (4)

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