QUIZWORD CLUES

ACROSS

1 Style of musical declamation in an opera in the rhythm of natural speech (10) 8 Number used to denote the position in an ordered sequence (7) 9 The —, 1965 film thriller starring Bette Davis in the title role (5) 10 John —, painter launched in London in 1781 as the Cornish Wonder (4) 11 Roman scholar whose history of Rome contained 42 books (4) 12 River upon which Exeter, Devon, stands (3) 14 Town in West Yorkshire on the River Wharfe north-west of Leeds (6) 15 Capital of Dominica (6) 18 Woody climbing plant with lobed evergreen leaves (3)

20 and 22 Down 1867 verse play by Henrik Ibsen (4,4) 21 1943 novel by Colette (4) 23 Philippe —, rugby union centre; 1982 France Test debutant against Romania (5)

24 Georges —, French dramatist whose farces include La Dame de chez Maxim (7)

25 See 7 Down

DOWN

1 Andy —, 2003 US Open singles tennis championship winner (7) 2 US coin worth one hundredth of a dollar (4) 3 Thomas —, 16th-century English composer and organist (6) 4 Alfred —, author of poems The Lady of Shalott and Voices in the Mist (8) 5 Cyrus —, US Secretary of State from 1977-80 (5) 6 University city in Russia; the largest industrial centre of Siberia (11)

7 and 25 Across 1985 film drama starring Saeed Jaffrey and Roshan Seth (2,9,10) 13 Robert —, Australian ballet dancer who played the Child Catcher in 1968 family film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (8) 16 2013 volume of novellas by Joyce Carol Oates (4,3)

17 Eric —, MP for Liverpool Walton from 1964-91;

1983 Labour Party leadership election candidate (6)

19 Port and resort in Ukraine on the Black Sea (5)