DINGBATS CROSSWORD

This puzzle blends cryptic, concise and general knowledge clues – as well as picture clues from our Dingbats archive. Answer below.

Across

1 Mythological event that precipitated the Trojan War, famously painted by Rubens and others (8,2,5) 8 See 24 Down 9 Salad item (6) 10 Divock – – –, Belgian striker at Liverpool FC (5) 11 Trade fairs stirred up riots among those speaking out (10) 14 Dorothy embraces quartet – bunch displaced by club (5) 16 Ingenuous, sincere (9) 18 BBC comedy about an Essex double-glazing firm, starring Ed Westwick and Joe Thomas (5,4) 20 Novel by Elmore Leonard made into a 1985 film starring Burt Reynolds (5) 21 Tropical area of woodland rich in biodiversity (10) 25 Paloma – – –, singer and The Voice judge who released the album Infinite Things in 2020 (5) 26 Delay or loiter (6) 27 Finished (4) 28 Compendium of British noble families, first published in 1769 (8,7)

DOWN

1 Twin brother of Esau in the Old Testament (5) 2 Bobby – – –, US singer and actor who died aged 37 in 1973 (5) 3 Extremely dreary dish eaten by the majority (7) 4 Capital of Japan (5) 5 and 6 See Dingbat A (7,3,6)

7 Urging, entreaty (10) 12 Dwarf planet in our Solar

System (5) 13 See Dingbat B (4,6) 15 Dame Diana entered peripheral framework of boat (9) 17 Soft sweet (5) 19 See Dingbat C (2,3,2) 20 Fixed charge to hold prisoner finally released (3,4) 22 1958 play by Arnold Wesker, following on from Chicken Soup With Barley (5) 23 Eighteenth letter in the Greek alphabet (5) 24 and 8 Across See

Dingbat D (5,4)