QUIZWORD CLUES

ACROSS 1 Genus of tropical trees that includes the kapok (5) 7 Twelfth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar (8) 8 Edward —, composer of 1900 oratorio The Dream of Gerontius (5) 10 1974 and 1978 Commonwealth men’s shot put gold medallist (5,5) 12 The —, 1994 animated film starring the voice talent of Matthew Broderick and Jonathan Taylor Thomas (4,4)

14 and 25 Labour MP for West Ham from 1997-2005; Minister for Sport from 1997-99 (4,5) 16 Andre —, French winner of the 1947 Nobel Prize in Literature (4) 17 Period of 366 days in the Gregorian calendar (4,4) 20 1946 film musical starring Sid Field and Greta Gynt (6,4) 23 Nymph in Greek mythology dwelling in a lake, spring, fountain or river (5) 24 The —, 1971 novel by William Peter Blatty (8) 25 See 14 Across

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1 and 4 Shingle ridge in Dorset enclosing the Fleet lagoon (6,5) 2 Card game; an old form of poker (4) 3 Flesh of a cow when killed for food (4) 4 See 1 Down 5 Painkiller and anti-inflammatory drug; one of the World Health Organization Essential Medicines (9) 6 Bing —, Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for The Country Girl (6) 9 1963 Derby winner ridden by Yves Saint-Martin (5) 11 1937 Broadway stage play by Clifford Odets (6,3) 13 Simon —, creator of sitcoms How Do You Want Me?, Is It Legal? and Hardware (3) 15 1997 action film starring Michael Jai White in the title role (5) 16 Aidan —, Irish actor who played Petyr ‘Littlefinger’ Baelish in Game of Thrones (6) 18 J N —, South Africa Test cricketer who hit 117 against England at Lord’s in 1998 (6) 19 Caribbean port; second largest city on the island of Puerto Rico (5) 21 1979 film drama starring Nastassja Kinski in the title role (4) 22 Member of a group of peoples of NE India and NW Myanmar who formerly practised headhunting (4)