QUIZWORD CLUES

ACROSS

1 See 24 Across

4 Tuft of small stiff feathers on the first digit of a bird (5)

10 Edward —, actor who played the title role in US television drama series Lou Grant (5)

11 Moorish castle or palace in Spain such as the — of Segovia (7)

12 Genus of plants of the parsley family including Miss Willmott’s ghost (8)

13 See 22 Down

15 Henry Steel —, a founder of the Theosophical Society in 1875 (6)

17 and 2 Down Australian painter whose works include 1901’s An Idyll (6,5)

19 Michael —, leader of the Labour Party from 1980-83 (4)

20 French style of abstract painting from the 1940s associated with Michel Tapie (8)

23 Clown in William Shakespeare play Love’s Labour’s Lost (7)

24 and 1 Dorset village above which a famous chalk giant is carved out of the hillside (5,5)

25 Kostya —, 2001-05 IBF Light Welterweight champion (5)

26 Kofi —, Secretary-General of the UN from 1997-2006 (5)

DOWN

2 See 17 Across

3 2016 Breeders’ Cup Classic and 2017 Dubai World Cup winner ridden by Mike E Smith (8)

5 Jeff —, IBF Super Middleweight champion from 2004-06 (4)

6 Diamond-shaped charge in heraldry (7)

7 2007 novel by Robert Goddard (4,2,1,4)

8 River that flows to the Atlantic at Lisbon, Portugal (5)

9 Commune in Nord, N France; site of a 1914 battle in World War One (11)

14 Highest mountain of the Sierra Nevada range, Spain (8)

16 King of Lydia from 560-546 BC noted for his great wealth (7)

18 Oliver —, comedy partner of Stan Laurel (5)

21 West Asian republic; capital Damascus (5)

22 and 13 Across 1954 novel by Daphne Du Maurier (4,4)