Author name: crosswordanswers

6-across – 1982 Al Pacino comedy when repeated? : AUTHOR

8-across – Wayne and ? : COLEEN

10-across – Belgian beer brand : LEFFE

11-across – Kipling’s great grey-green,greasy river? : LIMPOPO

12-across – Sondheim musical set during the Klondike gold rush : ROADSHOW

13-across – About __,Nick Hornby novel : ABOY

15-across – 14 and ? : JAYZ

16-across – Sudden spasm or seizure : PAROXYSM

20-across – Who drowned for 4? : LEANDER

22-across – Ancient Egyptian god of fertility,associated with water and with procreation : KHNUM

23-across – Kamala Harris and Doug __? : EMHOFF

24-across – Benny Bianco and ? : SELENA

1-down – Travis and ? : TAYLOR

2-down – Whom the world will always welcome,as time goes by? : LOVERS

3-down – Pam and ? : TOMMY

4-down – Who waited across the Hellespont for 20? : HERO

5-down – Mark __,Roman general : ANTONY

7-down – __ & Co – where Holly Golightly had breakfast? : TIFFANY

9-down – 5 and ? : CLEOPATRA

14-down – Lead singer of Destiny’s Child : BEYONCE

15-down – Romeo and ? : JULIET

17-down – Archipelago off the northern coast of Scotland : ORKNEY

18-down – For whom Shah Jahan built the Taj? : MUMTAZ

19-down – Abbreviation for a bacterium which causes diarrhoeal infections : CDIFF

21-down – __ Breaky Heart – Billy Ray Cyrus hit : ACHY

1-across – Jack __,author of On the Road : KEROUAC

5-across – Garlic flavoured sauce : AIOLI

8-across – Sweet tropical fruit from southeast Asia : LICHI

9-across – A collection of literary works : OMNIBUS

10-across – Wine-producing area of France between the Garonne and Dordogne rivers : ENTREDEUXMERS

11-across – The 49th state? : ALASKA

12-across – Reproductive organ of a flowering plant : STAMEN

15-across – Social capital,named for junior Guides : BROWNIEPOINTS

18-across – Period of fasting for Muslims : RAMADAN

19-across – A measure of metal,typically iron or gold : INGOT

20-across – Per __,meaning “each year” : ANNUM

21-across – Word used to describe Slavs from Lithuania and surrounding areas : RUTHENE

1-down – Another Australian word for boomerang? : KYLIE

2-down – Type of Italian slightly sweet whey cheese : RICOTTA

3-down – Nation that took its current name in 1927 : UNITEDKINGDOM

4-down – Spices native to the Moluccas : CLOVES

5-down – One who favours taking land by force? : ANNEXATIONIST

6-down – A gradual blending of colours – especially in hairdressing : OMBRE

7-down – Channel 4 drama series exploring gay life in 1980s London : ITSASIN

11-down – Canadian province,capital Edmonton : ALBERTA

13-down – 1 __,Australian pop sensation : MINOGUE

14-down – 1 __,American social media star : JENNER

16-down – Richard __ author of The Thursday Murder Club : OSMAN

17-down – Erik __,composer known for pioneering ideas about ambient music : SATIE

1-across – María Corina __,Venezuelan opposition politician when 12 was arrested : MACHADO

5-across – Word used to describe a solution with a pH greater than seven : BASIC

8-across – Listed venue on London’s Shaftesbury Avenue,known for staging musicals : APOLLOTHEATRE

9-across – An atom with a net electrical charge : ION

10-across – Town,abbey and public school in Dorset : SHERBORNE

12-across – Nicolás _,Venezuelan president arrested by US forces : MADURO

13-across – Spain’s biggest daily newspaper : ELPAIS

15-across – Word meaning a task than can never be completed,from the mythical king of Ephyra : SISYPHEAN

16-across – Currency code for the Norwegian krone : NOK

18-across – Christmas carol telling the story of the nativity : AWAYINAMANGER

20-across – Judge __,dispenser of justice in Mega-City One : DREDD

21-across – Country entirely surrounded by South Africa : LESOTHO

1-down – US city,home to the annual Calle Ocho Festival : MIAMI

2-down – Bowel inflammation sometimes abbreviated to CD : CROHNSDISEASE

3-down – Cotswold village associated with Edward Thomas’s paean to its railway station : ADLESTROP

4-down – Genus of edible oyster : OSTREA

5-down – Abbreviation for what is commonly called mad cow disease : BSE

6-down – A time,according to Elton John,that’s alright for fighting? : SATURDAYNIGHT

7-down – Samuel __,birth name of Mark Twain : CLEMENS

11-down – Strategic valley in the southern Hindu Kush,linking Quetta and Sibi : BOLANPASS

12-down – The colonel in Cluedo? : MUSTARD

14-down – Total __,movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger : RECALL

17-down – Semiarid region of South Africa’s Western Cape : KAROO

19-down – Abbreviation for a homemade bomb : IED

7-across – __ Chang,author of Wild Swans : JUNG

8-across – Krypton’s most famous son? : SUPERMAN

9-across – See 17 : ARDERN

10-across – Dennis __,former NBA basketball player known for his friendship with Kim Jong-un : RODMAN

11-across – Jazz standard recorded by Billie Holiday,Frank Sinatra,Willie Nelson and others : ALLOFME

13-across – The Biggest Little City in the World? : RENO

15-across – Hugo __,German fashion house : BOSS

17-across – Former prime minister of New Zealand : JACINDA

20-across – Ian McEwan novel published in 2025 : WHATWE

21-across – Diane __,star of Annie Hall and The Godfather : KEATON

23-across – Italian liqueur from Saronno : AMARETTO

24-across – __ Mountains,marking a boundary between Europe and Asia : URAL

1-down – Angela __,character played by Olivia Colman in The Night Manager : BURR

2-down – Sergio __,Manchester City’s record goal scorer : AGUERO

3-down – Giant wave caused by underwater tectonic shifts : TSUNAMI

4-down – Dame Muriel __,author of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie : SPARK

5-down – The __ Report,online news aggregator : DRUDGE

6-down – Manga series about Musashi Miyamoto : VAGABOND

12-down – Puccini opera set in Paris : LABOHEME

14-down – See 20 Across : CANKNOW

16-down – The Rings of __,book by W.G. Sebald : SATURN

18-down – Character who flew too close to the sun? : ICARUS

19-down – W.B. __,poet who asked us to “tread softly because you tread on my dreams” : YEATS

22-down – Country bordered by Yemen and UAE : OMAN

1-across – John __,leader of the Scottish National Party : SWINNEY

5-across – See 22 Down : PARTY

8-across – As __ – how Blair et al were elected and how they planned to govern in 1997? : NEW

9-across – Macedonian king : ALEXANDER

10-across – Henry,Jane,Peter,Bridget __ – acting dynasty : FONDA

11-across – The __,Lancastrian dynasty? : TUDORS

13-across – Bernard __,Margaret Thatcher’s press secretary : INGHAM

15-across – Tom __,friend of Becky and Huckleberry : SAWYER

18-across – Peninsula annexed by Russia in 2014 : CRIMEA

20-across – A Russian country house : DACHA

23-across – Section of the Eucharist during which the wine and bread are brought to the altar : OFFERTORY

24-across – Abbreviation to describe soldiers whose fate is uncertain : MIA

25-across – __ Witherspoon,star of Legally Blonde : REESE

26-across – Sears,__ and Co. – US store chain : ROEBUCK

1-down – We Ourselves? Political 5 across in Ireland : SINNFEIN

2-down – A native of Des Moines? : IOWAN

3-down – __ Falls,popular honeymoon destination in New York State : NIAGARA

4-down – __ Cooper,foreign secretary : YVETTE

5-down – Welsh nationalist 5 across : PLAID

6-down – Military force first created by Leon Trotsky : REDARMY

7-down – County of which Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is no longer duke? : YORK

12-down – Extinct flightless bird also known as a garefowl : GREATAUK

14-down – The __ and the Pelly and Me – Roald Dahl novel : GIRAFFE

16-down – Area of north Belfast bordered by the Crumlin Road : ARDOYNE

17-down – See 8 Across : LABOUR

19-down – Samuel __ co-creator of his eponymous telegraph code : MORSE

21-down – See 5 : CYMRU

22-down – Political grouping led by Corbyn,Sultana and others : YOUR