Author name: crosswordanswers

6-across – Name given to the killing of demonstrators in Manchester on 16 August 1819 : PETERLOO

7-across – 2001 sci-fi film starring Kevin Spacey : KPAX

8-across – City in western Ukraine : LVIV

9-across – A construction designed to impress dignitaries – while disguising a less palatable truth : POTEMKIN

10-across – Alistair Horne’s history of the Algerian war, 1954-1962 : ASAVAGE

12-across – See 10 : WAROF

14-across – See 10 : PEACE

16-across – See 9 : VILLAGE

19-across – A drink made from pureed fruit or vegetables : SMOOTHIE

20-across – See 21 : COLE

21-across – Manchester United striker during their 1999 treble-winning season : ANDY

22-across – Jacob __, leader of the House of Commons : REESMOGG

1-down – Rachel __, shadow chancellor : REEVES

2-down – Abbreviation used for diesel fuel for road vehicles : DERV

3-down – French expression meaning in the know : ÀLAPAGE

4-down – Coffeehouse chain founded in 1971 : COSTA

5-down – Scorsese film from 1995 starring Sharon Stone and Robert De Niro : CASINO

7-down – The full name of Kipling’s hero in his 1901 novel about the Great Game : KIMBALL

11-down – Nelson’s flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar : VICTORY

13-down – The pseudonym of the crossword setter D S Macnutt : XIMENES

15-down – __ Holmes, former presenter of GMTV and This Morning : EAMONN

17-down – Acronym for penal colonies derived from the Russian for chief camp administration : GULAGS

18-down – See 7 : OHARA

20-down – Alpine lake in northern Italy : COMO

7-across – Outsourcing company nicknamed Crapita in Private Eye : CAPITA

8-across – Roman statesman – or a kind of salad : CAESAR

9-across – Majority owner of Tottenham Hotspur : ENIC

10-across – Creator of Peter Pan : JMBARRIE

11-across – South African province which includes Johannesburg : GAUTENG

13-across – Co-founder of the Taliban and undisputed victor : ABDUL

15-across – See 13 : GHANI

16-across – See 13 : BARADAR

18-across – Area of France between Normandy and the Bay of Biscay : BRITTANY

19-across – Phileas __, protagonist in Around the World in Eighty Days : FOGG

21-across – Protagonist in Oscar Wilde’s only novel : DORIAN

22-across – __ Mole, Sue Townsend’s secret diarist : ADRIAN

1-down – Michael __, director of Heat : MANN

2-down – Landlocked country, capital Vaduz : LIECHTENSTEIN

3-down – Chinese board game played with 144 tiles : MAHJONG

4-down – Acronym for diving equipment : SCUBA

5-down – English statesman and Catholic cardinal associated with the trial of Joan of Arc : HENRYBEAUFORT

6-down – Nickname of the Roman emperor Gaius : CALIGULA

12-down – Michael __, England men’s cricket captain 1993-1998 : ATHERTON

14-down – Feast of the Annunciation – or Billie Holiday’s nickname : LADYDAY

17-down – Northeasternmost of the US states : MAINE

20-down – See 21 Across : GRAY

5-across – TV show starring Sarah Jessica Parker : SEXANDTHECITY

8-across – Author of Mansfield Park : JANE

9-across – French newspaper of record, published in Paris : LEFIGARO

10-across – TV show starring Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul : BREAKING

12-across – TV show starring James Gandolfini : THE

14-across – See 10 : BAD

16-across – See 12 : SOPRANOS

20-across – Children’s novel by Roald Dahl, illustrated by Quentin Blake : ESIOTROT

21-across – US technology company whose services include ride-hailing and food delivery : UBER

22-across – TV show starring Helen McCrory, Paul Anderson and Cillian Murphy : PEAKYBLINDERS

1-down – Los Angeles neighbourhood of which Will Smith was once prince? : BELAIR

2-down – John Sayles movie about striking miners in West Virginia : MATEWAN

3-down – John Carpenter horror film – or what Lindisfarne claimed on the Tyne? : THEFOG

4-down – Common carbohydrate in the human diet : STARCH

6-down – India’s National Capital Territory : DELHI

7-down – Faraday __ – a device used to block electromagnetic fields : CAGE

11-down – Parliamentary body providing independent scrutiny of government finances : NAO

13-down – The capital of Cameroon : YAOUNDE

15-down – See 8 Across : AUSTEN

16-down – TV show starring Zach Braff : SCRUBS

17-down – __ Smith, singer whose albums include Horses : PATTI

18-down – The pen name of the short story writer William Sydney Porter : OHENRY

19-down – An Irish city – or a buoyant plant product : CORK

5-across – __ Navratilova and Hingis – Wimbledon winners : MARTINA

7-across – Marie __, two-time Nobel laureate : CURIE

9-across – See 2 Down : GRAF

10-across – Sir V.S. __, author of In A Free State : NAIPAUL

11-across – Durrell’s subject – along with other animals? : FAMILY

13-across – Animals used in the Andes for meat, wool and transport : LLAMAS

14-across – The greatest? : ALI

15-across – A mythical king – or a type of macaque : RHESUS

17-across – City on the US-Mexico border : ELPASO

19-across – Philip __, Raymond Chandler’s detective : MARLOWE

20-across – See 8 Down : KING

22-across – One of the five boroughs of New York : BRONX

23-across – __ Samba, jazz standard first recorded by João Gilberto : ONENOTE

1-down – The 11 who make up The Incredibles? : PARR

2-down – Seven-time Wimbledon singles champion : STEFFI

3-down – The capital of Zambia : LUSAKA

4-down – See 16 : WILLIAMS

6-down – The first woman to take her seat as an MP : NANCYASTOR

8-down – Six-time Wimbledon singles champion : BILLIEJEAN

12-down – The __, palace and fort in Granada : ALHAMBRA

16-down – Seven-time Wimbledon singles champion – so far : SERENA

18-down – Former name used for the Chinese capital : PEKING

21-down – Sir John __, secretary of state for defence at the time of the Falklands war : NOTT

7-across – Seafaring Scandinavian – or a Minnesotan football fan : VIKING

8-across – English estuary – or a bicycle pioneer : HUMBER

9-across – River whose major tributaries converge at Warden Rock : TYNE

10-across – Desert covering parts of Botswana, South Africa and Namibia : KALAHARI

11-across – Serie A football team whose home is the San Siro : ACMILAN

13-across – Little Orphan Annie’s dog : SANDY

16-across – Type of flatfish found in European waters : DOVER

17-across – Kenyan port : MOMBASA

19-across – __ Convention, folk rock band formed in 1967 : FAIRPORT

21-across – __ Lund, character played by Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca : ILSA

23-across – Somerset home of Clarks Shoes : STREET

24-across – Co-author with Marx of The Communist Manifesto : ENGELS

1-down – Wilfred Owen’s subject: War, and the __ of War : PITY

2-down – BBC schools service for pupils aged 4 to 14 : BITESIZE

3-down – Common title for the Shia leader Mawlana Hazar Imam : AGAKHAN

4-down – Lee __, author of the Jack Reacher novels : CHILD

5-down – Chinese term for a domestic servant : AMAH

6-down – Archipelago celebrated in an 1830 overture by Mendelssohn : HEBRIDES

12-down – Scottish town at the tip of the Black Isle : CROMARTY

14-down – Home to The Archers? : AMBRIDGE

15-down – Decade in which Casablanca was made : FORTIES

18-down – River running through Aberfoyle and Stirling : FORTH

20-down – Major UK employment agency : REED

22-down – See 16 Across : SOLE