Author name: crosswordanswers

7-across – Palestinian city south of Jerusalem : HEBRON

8-across – Cocktail whose main ingredients are rum and Curaçao : MAITAI

9-across – Singer whose hits include Castle on the Hill : ED

10-across – US region that includes Rhode Island and New Hampshire : NEWENGLAND

11-across – See 9 : SHEERAN

13-across – Denise __, heptathlete and broadcaster : LEWIS

15-across – Canadian rapper whose albums include Nothing Was the Same : DRAKE

17-across – Pseudonym of the crossword setter D.S. Macnutt : XIMENES

19-across – __ Pankhurst, suffragette and daughter of Emmeline : CHRISTABEL

21-across – __ Konta, tennis player : JO

22-across – Airline and flag carrier of the UAE : ETIHAD

23-across – The capital of the Bahamas : NASSAU

1-down – John __, author of Ten Days that Shook the World : REED

2-down – Ariana __, singer whose hits include Thank U, Next : GRANDE

3-down – The __, bestselling book by Raymond Briggs : SNOWMAN

4-down – Country bordered by Yemen and the UAE : OMAN

5-down – Singer whose hits include No Time to Die : BILLIE

6-down – Louis __, poet who wrote Autumn Journal : MACNEICE

12-down – Japanese emperor 1926-1989 : HIROHITO

14-down – The __ Theory, sitcom starring Kaley Cuoco : BIGBANG

16-down – Eric __, author of Lassie Come Home : KNIGHT

18-down – See 5 : EILISH

20-down – The sea is calm tonight / The __ is full… Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold : TIDE

21-down – Family at the heart of Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath : JOAD

7-across – __ Allen, character in EastEnders played by Louisa Lytton : RUBY

8-across – Landlocked country in the Horn of Africa : ETHIOPIA

9-across – Sans-serif typeface used on the London Underground : JOHNSTON

10-across – __, __ and __, three of the four Warner Brothers founders : SAM

11-across – Crustacean of the family Nephropidae : LOBSTER

13-across – See 10 : HARRY

16-across – Founder of Rome, killed by his twin brother : REMUS

17-across – John __, author of Agent Running In The Field : LECARRE

18-across – Star of When 13 Met Sally… : MEG

19-across – Quotation, often of poetry, which establishes the theme for a document : EPIGRAPH

21-across – Spanish pastry – or two US states, North and South : CAROLINA

22-across – See 10 : JACK

1-down – Monetary union involving 19 countries : EUROZONE

2-down – See 18 Across : RYAN

3-down – Plant also known as ling : HEATHER

4-down – Sadiq __, London mayor : KHAN

5-down – Landlocked country in southern Africa : BOTSWANA

6-down – Former kingdom, making up much of modern Thailand : SIAM

12-down – Nicola __, Scottish first minister : STURGEON

14-down – Journalist killed in Russia in 1993, whose eponymous Trust supports freelance journalists : RORYPECK

15-down – Samson’s nemesis? : DELILAH

18-down – Ancient kingdom making up much of modern Jordan : MOAB

19-down – __ Falco, actor who played Carmela Soprano : EDIE

20-down – Indian royal title : RAJA

7-across – The question EH Carr set out to answer in his classic work from 1961 : WHATISHISTORY

8-across – Leader of Chile’s struggle for independence : BERNARDO

9-across – Music hall dance associated with the Moulin Rouge : CAN

10-across – Matt __, star of Friends and Episodes : LEBLANC

12-across – See 16 : SACHS

14-across – Strait connecting the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov : KERCH

16-across – US investment bank based in New York : GOLDMAN

19-across – See 9 : CAN

20-across – See 8 : OHIGGINS

22-across – South African president 1994 – 1999 : NELSONMANDELA

1-down – A moon of Saturn – or a character in Friends : PHOEBE

2-down – Town and school on the Thames near Windsor : ETON

3-down – Air on the __, Wilhelmj’s arrangement of Bach : GSTRING

4-down – Venezuelan leader of several anti-colonial movements in South America : SIMON

5-down – __ Channing, star of Grease and The West Wing : STOCKARD

6-down – Dawn __, Dibley’s vicar? : FRENCH

11-down – A body of water in the Great Glen : LOCHNESS

13-down – See 4 : BOLIVAR

15-down – Currant-filled cake named for a town in Lancashire : ECCLES

17-down – Frances __, a winner of the 2018 Nobel prize in chemistry : ARNOLD

18-down – __ Ancona, comedian : RONNI

21-down – André __, winner of the 1947 Nobel prize in literature : GIDE

6-across – __ generation; 2020 neologism for those who have grown up in the smartphone age : GOLDFISH

7-across – Green __, 2020 neologism for a serious shock to the global financial system : SWAN

8-across – A citizen of Sanaa, perhaps : YEMENI

9-across – __ Model Management, agency that brought us 18 : TRUMP

10-across – Sitcom created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant : EXTRAS

11-across – Poison produced in the seeds of the castor oil plant : RICIN

13-across – 2003 novel by Monica Ali : BRICK

15-across – 2020 neologism for acne made worse by wearing a mask : MASKNE

18-across – __ Hilton, star of The Simple Life : PARIS

19-across – See 7 Down : ARABIA

21-across – See 13 : LANE

22-across – Mythical city of gold : ELDORADO

1-down – Wendy __, poet who compared men to bloody buses : COPE

2-down – Liturgical season leading up to Christmas : ADVENT

3-down – 2020 neologism for a way of meeting online, in a relatively small group : DIGITAL

4-down – The second of Krzysztof Kieslowski’s Three Colours : WHITE

5-down – See 3 : CAMPFIRE

7-down – State effectively under the rule of Mohammed bin Salman : SAUDI

10-down – See 20 : EUROPEAN

12-down – 2020 neologism for a home decor aesthetic combining the best of, say, Ikea and Muji? : JAPANDI

14-down – Marie __, two-time Nobel laureate : CURIE

16-down – Maori-language greeting meaning hello or cheers : KIAORA

17-down – Ski resort town in Colorado : ASPEN

20-down – Group of languages including Spanish, Russian and Punjabi : INDO

7-across – Hampshire – and New Hampshire town : ANDOVER

9-across – Emily __, star of Sicario : BLUNT

10-across – __ & Sprüngli, Swiss chocolatiers : LINDT

11-across – City where Macaulay Culkin was left home, alone? : CHICAGO

12-across – City where a Baghdad servant had an appointment with Death? : SAMARRA

14-across – Elliott __, Marlowe in The Long Goodbye : GOULD

16-across – City where Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx battled vice in 2006? : MIAMI

18-across – City where Jennifer Lopez and George Clooney were briefly out of sight in 1998? : DETROIT

21-across – City where Tom Hanks couldn’t sleep in 1993? : SEATTLE

23-across – City where Scarlett Johansson was lost in translation in 2003? : TOKYO

25-across – Nigel __, Welsh rugby referee : OWENS

26-across – Scholar for whom the EU’s student mobility programme is named : ERASMUS

1-down – City where Matthew McConaughey bought antiretroviral drugs in 2013? : DALLAS

2-down – Yemen port city : ADEN

3-down – James Cameron’s 2009 sci-fi film : AVATAR

4-down – Town where Frances McDormand put up three billboards in 2017? : EBBING

5-down – Town to which Russell Crowe and Christian Bale took the 3:10 in 2007? : YUMA

6-down – Market town in Gloucestershire : STROUD

8-down – Actor who defended Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly in 11 in 2002 : RICHARDGERE

13-down – IATA code for international visitors to 16 across : MIA

15-down – __ Monye, rugby player and broadcaster : UGO

16-down – City that did not believe in tears in 1980? : MOSCOW

17-down – Ob tributary : IRTYSH

19-down – Renaissance artist whose self-portrait : TITIAN

20-down – 2005 South African gangster movie : TSOTSI

22-down – Where John Mills dreamed of ice cold beer in 1958? : ALEX

24-down – Low class wool – or high class musicians in Spandau Ballet : KEMP