Knowledge

ACROSS

1. Clifford, author of the play Waiting for Lefty (5) 4. In mathematics, a triangular-sided solid with a polygonal base (7) 8. Alice --, town in Northern Territory, Australia (7) 9. Jean, Paris-born actor who appeared in the 1937 film Pépé le moko (5) 10. In communications, a code word for the letter e (4) 11. Niccolo, Italian violinist and guitarist who died in 1840 (8) 13. Michael, leader of the British Labour Party 1980-3 (4) 14. Bird of the family Columbidae (4) 16. 1995 animation film featuring Buzz Lightyear (3,5) 17. First son of Adam and Eve (4) 20. Long-legged doglike mammal such as Crocuta crocuta (5) 21. Lover of Hero in Shakespeare’s Much Ado about Nothing (7) 22. Paul, actor whose stage name is Pee-wee Herman (7) 23. Chris, 1976 Wimbledon women’s singles tennis champion (5)

DOWN

1. Shore bird with a long stout red bill (13) 2. Third planet from the sun (5) 3. Leguminous plant of the East Indies whose inner bark yields a hemplike fibre used in rope making (4) 4. The derived SI unit of pressure (6) 5. In Norse mythology, the ultimate destruction of the gods in a battle with evil (8) 6. Willie John, Irish Rugby Union player who played 17 Tests for the British Lions (7) 7. Breed of small terrier named after a character in Scott’s novel Guy Mannering (6,7) 12. Terminus of the annual Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race (8) 13. Georges, French farceur who authored La Dame de Chez Maxim (7) 15. Widely cultivated genus of plants with white, yellow or purple flowers (6) 18. Mr. Murphy, American actor and World War II hero (5) 19. Eurasian plant whose seeds yield a useful oil (4)