QUIZWORD CLUES

ACROSS

1 The —, 1840 novel by James Fenimore Cooper subtitled The Inland Sea (10) 8 Seaside resort in Pas-de-Calais, France (7) 9 Town in the Rocky Mountains in Alberta, Canada surrounded by the — National Park (5) 10 1977 novel by Dick Francis (4) 11 See 18 Across 12 Resort town in Belgium with medicinal mineral springs (3) 14 Largest of the four main islands of Japan (6) 15 A —, India Test cricketer who took 7-48 against Australia at Chennai in 2004 (6) 18 and 11 Entertainer associated with the puppet Emu who died in 1999 (3,4) 20 Any of a family of stringed instruments that preceded the violin family (4) 21 Filbert —, 1974 Commonwealth men’s 1500m gold medallist (4) 23 One of an ancient Indian people that inhabited the Southern Gulf Coast of Mexico (5) 24 Simon —, co-writer and star of BBC TV comedy series Grandma’s House (7) 25 1991 comedy-drama film starring Ned Beatty and Adrian Dunbar (4,2,4)

DOWN

1 Lester B —, winner of the 1957 Nobel Peace Prize (7) 2 Derartu —, 2000 Olympic women’s 10000m gold medallist (4) 3 Perennial grass used as pasture and fodder for livestock (6) 4 Element produced artificially from curium; symbol No (8) 5 County town of County Clare, Republic of Ireland (5) 6 2001 film drama starring Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett and Kate Beckinsale (5,6) 7 See 13 Down 13 and 7 Novel by Oliver Goldsmith first published in 1766 (3,5,2,9) 16 Paul —, former Labour MP; Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 2002-05 (7) 17 Zoltan —, composer of the 1926 opera Hary Janos (6) 19 Jonathan —, Best Director Oscar winner for The Silence of the Lambs (5) 22 Capital of Norway (4)