QUIZWORD CLUES

ACROSS

1 Bobby —, 1939 Wimbledon singles tennis championship winner (5) 7 Ahmed —, first president of Algeria (3,5) 8 Alloy of copper and zinc containing more than 50 per cent of the former (5) 10 1991 comedy-drama film starring Ned Beatty and Adrian Dunbar (4,2,4) 12 1994 action film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis (4,4) 14 1982 action film starring Jeff Bridges and Bruce Boxleitner (4) 16 Robert —, author of 1960 stage play A Man for All Seasons (4) 17 Fictional mill town in which 1854 Charles Dickens novel Hard Times is set (8) 20 1911 novel by Edith Wharton (5,5) 23 State of Malaysia that occupies N Borneo (5) 24 1966 comedy-drama film starring Donald Pleasence and Francoise Dorleac (3-2-3) 25 1979 sci-fi film starring Tom Skerritt and Sigourney Weaver (5)

DOWN

1 and 6 Actor who played Napoleon Solo in US television series The Man from UNCLE (6,6) 2 Jonathan —, author of novels Every Last Cent and The Ten Word Game (4)

3 — Symphony, nickname of a 1786 work in C major by Joseph Haydn (4) 4 CO —, Kenya player who took 5-24 against Sri Lanka in the 2003 Cricket World Cup (5) 5 North American plant of the poppy family whose underground rhizomes exude red sap when cut (9) 6 See 1 Down

9 Philippe —, rugby union centre; 1982 France Test debutant against Romania (5) 11 Building dating from the 15th century; ceremonial centre of the City of London (9) 13 Umberto —, author of novels The Name of the Rose and Foucault’s Pendulum (3) 15 Cathedral city in Marne, France (5) 16 That part of a firearm behind the barrel or bore (6) 18 Melissa —, author of novels The Nanny, The Waitress and Persuading Annie (6) 19 Major mountain system of South America (5) 21 Standard monetary unit of Brazil (4) 22 British nobleman ranking below a marquis and above a viscount (4)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror