QUIZWORD CLUES

ACROSS 3 Region and former province of SW France on the Bay of Biscay (9) 8 Colourless gaseous element; symbol Ne (4) 9 and 13 1982 autobiographical novel by Edmund White (1,4,3,5) 10 1844 opera by Giuseppe Verdi set in 16th-century Spain (6) 13 See 9 Across 14 Mild powdered seasoning made from a variety of red pepper (7) 15 Amy —, author of 1989 novel The Joy Luck Club (3) 16 See 24 Across

17 County town of County Tyrone in Northern Ireland (5) 21 — I, King of England murdered in 946 (6) 22 Silvery-white metal; symbol Sm (8)

23 and 1 Down Swedish actress who played Catherine Stockmann in 1978 film drama An Enemy of the People (4,9)

24 and 16 1959 novel by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr (3,6,2,5) DOWN 1 See 23 Across 2 1978 comedy Western film directed by and starring Jack Nicholson (4,5) 4 Small Old World game bird with long pointed wings (5) 5 The —, 1968 science fiction novel by Ted Hughes (4,3) 6 Domed or vaulted recess at the east end of a church (4) 7 Small amphibian whose species include the Palmate, Great Crested and Smooth (4) 11 Actress who played Lily in 2010 film drama Black Swan (4,5) 12 Supreme judicial, ecclesiastical and administrative council of men in ancient Jerusalem (9) 14 God of fields, woods, shepherds and flocks in Greek mythology (3) 15 Small large-eyed nocturnal arboreal primate of Indonesia and the Philippines (7) 18 Republic in SW Arabia whose capital is Sana’a (5) 19 City in Somerset whose Latin name was Aquae Sulis (4) 20 Jochen —, F1 motor racing driver who won the 1975 Spanish GP (4)