QUIZ CROSSWORD

Rearrange the letters in the shaded squares to reveal the name of an actor (5,6)

ACROSS

8 US rock band who released the 1995 album Insomniac (5,3)

9 _ Christie, detective novelist who wrote the play The Mouse Trap (6)

10 Flowering plant in the pea family, also known as wild indigo (4)

11 Australian golfer who won the 2022 Open Championship, Cameron _ (5)

12 The _, name by which U2 musician David Evans is known (4)

13 The first author from the USA to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, _ Lewis (8) 16 _ To Ride, song that was a No.1 hit for the Beatles in 1965 (6)

18 Shell-less terrestrial gastropod mollusc (4)

20 Former US basketball player often regarded as the greatest point guard of all time, _ Johnson (5)

21 Queen _, the Queen of England from 1702 to 1707 (4)

22 Type of canine such as a spaniel or retriever (3,3)

23 US TV detective drama of the 1970s and 80s with James Garner, The _ Files (8)

26 Sam _, Australian footballer who plays for Chelsea in the FA Women’s Super League (4)

28 Textile made from spun flax fibre (5)

30 Kaiser Chiefs’ only

UK No.1 single to date, released in 2007 (4)

31 The ruler of the Huns from 434 to 453 (6)

32 Southeast Asian country whose capital is Bangkok (8)

DOWN

1 Country located on the north coast of Borneo (6)

2 _ Skupski, British tennis player and three-time Grand Slam doubles champion (4)

3 1972 novel by Frederick Forsyth, The _ File (6)

4 Greek island located about 25 miles northnorthwest of Rhodes (4)

5 The attribution of human feelings and responses to inanimate things or animals, _ fallacy (8)

6 Noblewoman who claimed the throne of England and Ireland for nine days in 1553, Lady _ Grey (4)

7 _ _ Mile, 1996 novel by Stephen King (3,5)

14 1969 autobiography by Maya Angelou, I Know Why The _ Bird Sings (5)

15 _ Moore, actor who played James Bond in seven feature films (5)

17 Husks of grains and grasses separated during threshing (5)

19 Poet officially appointed by a government or conferring institution, poet _ (8)

20 Ferdinand _, explorer who achieved the first European navigation to Asia via the Pacific (8)

24 British fashion designer, Jasper _ (6)

25 _ Barrichello, Brazilian racing driver who competed in Formula One from 1993 to 2011 (6)

27 Precipitation in the form of water droplets (4)

29 Amount remaining after the deduction of tax (4)

30 Shallow channel cut into soil by the erosive action of flowing surface water (4)