QUIZWORD CLUES

ACROSS

1 Small edible marine crustacean with a long tail (5) 7 Constantin —, Romanian sculptor whose works include 1910’s Sleeping Muse (8)

8 and 15 Down Singeractress who starred as Lola in 2012 comedydrama film LOL (5,5) 10 Form of transport successfully developed by Sir Christopher Cockerell (10) 12 1969 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award winner (3,5)

14 and 16 Down Star of 1986 BBC TV drama series The Monocled Mutineer (4,6) 16 — cat, short-haired tailless feline believed to originate on the Isle of Man (4) 17 1851 novel by Herman Melville (4-4) 20 Ductile silvery-white element; symbol Gd (10) 23 One of a number of prophetesses in ancient Greece and Rome such as that of Cumae, who guided Aeneas through the underworld (5) 24 Synthetic rubber resistant to oil and ageing used in paints and diving suits (8) 25 and 21 Down

1979 stage play by Caryl Churchill (5,4)

DOWN

1 Roman goddess of fruitful abundance (6) 2 Christopher —, 1995-2002 Liberia striker; Arsenal 1998 FA Cup Final winner (4) 3 Soft creamy white cheese similar to Camembert (4)

4 and 11 1949 crime drama film starring Humphrey Bogart and John Derek (5,2,3,4) 5 Substance exuded by various acacia trees used in the manufacture of adhesives (3,6) 6 Female reproductive organs of a flower (6) 9 Kaname —, Japanese golfer; 2002 Dunlop Phoenix tournament winner (5) 11 See 4 Down 13 Umberto —, author of novels The Name of the Rose and Foucault’s Pendulum (3) 15 See 8 Across 16 See 14 Across 18 US singer-songwriter who released the 2017 debut album American Teen (6) 19 Julian —, comedian; author of novels Devil in Disguise and Murder Most Fab (5) 21 See 25 Across 22 John Stuart —, 19th-century London-born philosopher (4)