7-across – Russian civil society organisation and 2022 Nobel peace prize laureate : MEMORIAL

8-across – Joe __, record-breaking English batter : ROOT

9-across – Scorsese film starring Matt Damon and Leonardo DiCaprio : THEDEPARTED

10-across – __ Lincoln, president during the American Civil War : ABRAHAM

12-across – Mike __, director of Peterloo : LEIGH

14-across – UN programme and 2020 Nobel peace prize laureate : WORLD

16-across – Sentiment expressed in Matthew 5:9? : BLESSED

19-across – See 16 : PEACEMAKERS

21-across – See 14 : FOOD

22-across – Nihon __, 2024 Nobel peace prize laureate : HIDANKYO

1-down – Michael Mann movie in which De Niro and Pacino appear on screen together : HEAT

2-down – City home to many of Italy’s sports car manufacturers : MODENA

3-down – Party that merged with the Social Democrats in 1988 : LIBERAL

4-down – Greek epic attributed to Homer : ILIAD

5-down – See 16 Across : ARETHE

6-down – French department with its prefecture in Périgueux : DORDOGNE

11-down – Brand of fold-up bicycles : BROMPTON

13-down – Organisation founded by Osama bin Laden : ALQAIDA

15-down – The Angolan capital : LUANDA

17-down – Laurence __, author of The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy : STERNE

18-down – River of the underworld in Greek mythology : LETHE

20-down – Goddess – and river – of the underworld in Greek mythology : STYX

7-across – Breakfast food popular in 6? : BELGIANWAFFLE

8-across – The __, Sam Peckinpah’s revisionist Western : WILD

9-across – Eternal __of the Spotless Mind; starring Kate Winslet and Jim Carrey : SUNSHINE

10-across – Distinctive type of mushroom, generally poisonous and often seen in fairytales : AGARIC

12-across – South American mountain range : ANDES

14-across – See 8 : BUNCH

16-across – Mythical woman with snakes in her hair : MEDUSA

19-across – Abbreviated motto of the United States Marine Corps : SEMPERFI

20-across – A nostalgic song by 6 and 4 – or a 13 in France : SLOW

22-across – One motto of the United States : EPLURIBUSUNUM

1-down – __ Gilpin, star of Frasier : PERI

2-down – Moroccan city : AGADIR

3-down – Garment worn by Christian clergy : CASSOCK

4-down – Graeme __, former England spin bowler : SWANN

5-down – A native of Kabul? : AFGHAN

6-down – Dutch-speaking region of Belgium : FLANDERS

11-down – __ Verdi, composer : GIUSEPPE

13-down – Clapham __ – where, in English law, a reasonable person may be found? : OMNIBUS

15-down – Divided Mediterranean island : CYPRUS

17-down – One of the events of the ancient Greek pentathlon : DISCUS

18-down – See 20 Across : TRAIN

21-down – The French for egg : OEUF

7-across – Residential area of Johannesburg which came to world attention in 1976 : SOWETO

8-across – The southernmost capital on the European mainland : ATHENS

9-across – Cuisine from the south-western US : TEX

10-across – Medical condition involving more than usually rapid breathing : TACHYPNEA

11-across – City which is home to the Italian stock exchange : MILAN

13-across – Soft Italian cheese whose name refers to its manufacturing process : RICOTTA

16-across – Minoan archaeological site in Crete : KNOSSOS

17-across – Mike __, former boxing champion : TYSON

19-across – Indian political party led by Narendra Modi : BHARATIYA

21-across – See 22 Down : TOK

23-across – See 19 : JANATA

24-across – Ariadne __, Poirot’s friend in the novels of Agatha Christie : OLIVER

1-down – Queen hit song from 1975 : BOHEMIAN

2-down – See 9 Across : MEX

3-down – Comic character created by Sacha Baron Cohen : BORAT

4-down – Disputed region between India and Pakistan : KASHMIR

5-down – See 1 : RHAPSODY

6-down – __ Elliot, the protagonist in Persuasion : ANNE

12-down – “The __ came down like a wolf on the fold” in 18’s The Destruction of Sennacherib : ASSYRIAN

14-down – 1960 film starring Sophia Loren and Jean-Paul Belmondo : TWOWOMEN

15-down – Former General Motors brand of cars : PONTIAC

18-down – George Gordon, Lord __, poet whose works include Don Juan : BYRON

20-down – American-Austrian sports equipment brand, particularly for skiing and tennis : HEAD

22-down – Social media platform : TIK

7-across – Tree cultivated especially in China and Japan for its yellow-orange fruit : LOQUAT

8-across – The Lebanese capital : BEIRUT

9-across – Yiddish-derived word for the kind of audacity shown by 2/3? : CHUTZPAH

10-across – The employer of, amongst others, Harry Bosch and Kate Lockley? : LAPD

11-across – The __; Constable painting used by 2/3 activists in a protest action : HAYWAIN

13-across – Astrological sign represented by the scales of justice : LIBRA

15-across – Ethnic group from the Niger delta : OGONI

17-across – City on the Tigris : BAGHDAD

20-across – The __, Leonardo painting used by 2/3 activists in a protest action : LAST

21-across – A colourful parrot : LORIKEET

23-across – Polymath known for his 1959 lecture, The Two Cultures : CPSNOW

24-across – A town in Nottinghamshire but a city in New Jersey? : NEWARK

1-down – The sixth book of the Old Testament : JOSHUA

2-down – Campaign group seeking to end fossil fuel extraction by 2030 : JUST

3-down – See 2 : STOPOIL

4-down – The Berlin subway system : UBAHN

5-down – Vermeer painting used by 2/3 activists in a protest action : GIRLWITH

6-down – See 20 Across : SUPPER

12-down – Ray __, actor whose films include Sexy Beast and Black Widow : WINSTONE

14-down – See 5 : EARRING

16-down – Pomace brandy from Italy : GRAPPA

18-down – See 5 : APEARL

19-down – The profession of Krusty, Bozo and Joseph Grimaldi? : CLOWN

22-down – Fruit – or person – from New Zealand : KIWI

7-across – German political party led by Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla : ALTERNATIVE

8-across – Saint __, Catholic theologian known for his Confessions : AUGUSTINE

9-across – See 5 Down : TOK

11-across – See 3 Down : DITALIA

13-across – Trevor __, comedian born a crime? : NOAH

14-across – Allen Ginsberg poem which begins, “I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness” : HOWL

15-across – Suffolk port : IPSWICH

16-across – Epithet given to Richard I : THE

17-across – See 16 : LIONHEART

21-across – See 7 : DEUTSCHLAND

1-down – Hawaiian island that includes Honolulu : OAHU

2-down – Cornish town, a centre of the china clay industry : STAUSTELL

3-down – Italian political party led by Giorgia Meloni : FRATELLI

4-down – Golden __, now defunct Greek political party led by Nikolaos Michaloliakos : DAWN

5-down – Social media company known in China as Douyin : TIK

6-down – The __, Sir Edwin Luytens’s war memorial in Whitehall, London : CENOTAPH

10-down – Spike Lee thriller starring Denzel Washington : INSIDEMAN

11-down – Irish port north of Dublin : DROGHEDA

12-down – Anise-flavoured alcohol : ABSINTHE

18-down – The Arabic name for Jesus in Islam : ISSA

19-down – A Slavic parliament – or a drama school in London : RADA

20-down – See 7 Across : FUR