Author name: crosswordanswers

6-across – Television channel created in 1964 : BBCONE

8-across – Follower of a strict version of Islam : WAHABI

9-across – The __, 1 song from 1977 : NAME

10-across – 1 song and album from 1974 : WATERLOO

11-across – 1 song from 1976 : DANCING

13-across – See 9 : OFTHE

15-across – See 11 : QUEEN

17-across – See 16 Down : LEONARD

20-across – 1 song from 1975 : MAMMAMIA

21-across – See 9 : GAME

23-across – Divided island in the eastern Mediterranean : CYPRUS

24-across – How, according to Monty Python, Descartes proved he lived? : IDRINK

1-down – Palindromic Swedish pop group : ABBA

2-down – Name shared by three rivers in Derbyshire, Yorkshire and Cumbria : DERWENT

3-down – The __, children’s book by Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake : TWITS

4-down – Omar __, movie and contract bridge star : SHARIF

5-down – __, Where Art Thou?, Coen brothers movie starring George Clooney : OBROTHER

7-down – Fatty acid found in animal and vegetable oils : OLEIC

12-down – Modern name for the Oxus River : AMUDARYA

14-down – The third Mrs Trump? : MELANIA

16-down – Prolific author whose works include Get Shorty : ELMORE

18-down – Country and major river in west Africa : NIGER

19-down – Convenience food created by Cadbury’s : SMASH

22-down – RAF station on Anglesey : MONA

6-across – John Cooper __, poet : CLARKE

7-across – See 9 : HUNGRY

9-across – How Eric Carle diagnosed his caterpillar? : VERY

11-across – A type of sabre : CUTLASS

12-across – The lover of Aphrodite : ADONIS

14-across – Peaceful king of England, AD 959-975 : EDGAR

16-across – The 23 of Stephen King’s mile? : GREEN

17-across – Piper Kerman’s new black? : ORANGE

20-across – Nathaniel Hawthorne’s letter; Baroness Orczy’s pimpernel? : SCARLET

21-across – __ Munchetty, BBC presenter : NAGA

23-across – The __, Rose Tremain’s 2003 novel : COLOUR

24-across – Old name for a tunic or outer petticoat : KIRTLE

1-down – The 23 of Anne Tyler’s thread? : BLUE

2-down – Anne Brontë’s Agnes? : GREY

3-down – Ponte __, Florentine landmark : VECCHIO

4-down – The 23 of Jack London’s wolf-dog? : WHITE

5-down – Australian city, the capital of Queensland : BRISBANE

8-down – __ FC, football club that is familiar to readers of Private Eye : NEASDEN

10-down – Orhan Pamuk’s name; John Steinbeck’s pony? : RED

12-down – When Louis XV is said to have anticipated le déluge : APRÈSMOI

13-down – Herb sometimes known as wild marjoram : OREGANO

15-down – Lev Bronstein’s prison guard – and nom de guerre? : TROTSKY

18-down – State on the southwestern coast of India : GOA

19-down – Irish county; Cambridge college : CLARE

21-down – Roman emperor, AD 54 – 68 : NERO

22-down – Tartt’s _finch, Fleming’s _finger? : GOLD

7-across – City whose main esplanade is the Malecón : HAVANA

8-across – __ Sterling, Manchester City and England footballer : RAHEEM

9-across – Arthur __, Wimbledon winner, 1975 : ASHE

10-across – See 4 Down : CENTRAL

11-across – Baltic state bordering Russia and Latvia : ESTONIA

12-across – Sir __ , comedian and co-founder of Comic Relief : LENNY

13-across – Ford car in production between 1968 and 1986 : CAPRI

15-across – See 4 Down : STATION

19-across – Long-running BBC show for deaf and hard-of-hearing people : SEEHEAR

20-across – University in Connecticut : YALE

21-across – Trojan war hero, the son of Priam and Hecuba : HECTOR

22-across – __ Zukor, co-founder of Paramount Pictures : ADOLPH

1-down – State whose eponymous city is in Missouri? : KANSAS

2-down – 10 15 in the Parque das Nações, Lisbon : GAREDOORIENTE

3-down – A martial art : TAICHI

4-down – New York terminus located at 42nd Street and Park Avenue : GRAND

5-down – Former Liberian president, convicted of war crimes in 2012 : CHARLESTAYLOR

6-down – Irving __, US songwriter whose hits include Puttin’ on the Ritz : BERLIN

14-down – Jane __, author of Pride and Prejudice : AUSTEN

16-down – John Clayton II, Viscount Greystoke : TARZAN

17-down – Flowers also known as primula elatior : OXLIPS

18-down – See 12 Across : HENRY

6-across – The __ Ground, another name for Upton Park : BOLEYN

7-across – Chinese alcoholic drink made from distilled sorghum : MAOTAI

8-across – See 2 Down : INK

9-across – See 11 : SECRETARY

11-across – The UK’s most senior civil servant : CABINET

13-across – Cressida __, Metropolitan Police Commissioner : DICK

15-across – __ Seehorn, star of Better Call Saul : RHEA

16-across – See 22 : HEYWOOD

18-across – Ridley Scott movie about a 1993 raid on Mogadishu by US forces : BLACKHAWK

19-across – City to which the Brooklyn Dodgers relocated in 1958 : LOS

22-across – 11 9, 2012-2018 : JEREMY

23-across – Hugh __, star of House : LAURIE

1-down – See 18 Across : DOWN

2-down – What is used to enter a not out batter’s score in cricket? : RED

3-down – See 19 Across : ANGELES

4-down – Town in County Armagh on the River Bann : PORTADOWN

5-down – __ Pochettino, Manager of Tottenham Hotspur FC : MAURICIO

7-down – 11 9, 2018 to present : MARK

10-down – Actor known for her roles in Our Friends in the North : GINAMCKEE

12-down – Greek hero of the Trojan War : ACHILLES

14-down – See 7 : SEDWILL

17-down – What’s left after milk has been curdled and strained : WHEY

20-down – US state and major river : OHIO

21-down – __ O’Donnell, 11 9, 2005 – 2011 : GUS

7-across – 1978 musical starring Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta : GREASE

8-across – Pierre de __, French mathematician famous for his ‘last theorem’ : FERMAT

9-across – Dido’s sister in Roman mythology : ANNA

10-across – Wellington’s nickname : IRONDUKE

11-across – Religious sect which flourished in southern France during the 12th century : CATHARS

13-across – Dame __ Mirren, actor : HELEN

15-across – Mahmoud __, president of the Palestinian National Authority : ABBAS

17-across – Earl of Leicester and prominent leader in the crusade against the 11 : SIMONDE

20-across – See 17 : MONTFORT

21-across – French city after which the crusade against the 11 was named : ALBI

23-across – Gustave __, French civil engineer whose eponymous tower stands in Paris : EIFFEL

24-across – Indian city sometimes known as the 18 city : NAGPUR

1-down – Country bordered by Iraq and Turkmenistan : IRAN

2-down – A citizen of Almaty? : KAZAKH

3-down – French city and scene of a massacre of the 11 in 1209 : BEZIERS

4-down – __ Hague, wife of the former leader of the Conservative Party : FFION

5-down – The Prime of Miss Jean __, novel by Muriel Spark : BRODIE

6-down – Area of Atlanta associated with rap music : BANKHEAD

12-down – Food of the gods in Greek mythology : AMBROSIA

14-down – Chapel in the Vatican once known as the Cappella Magna : SISTINE

16-down – Collective term for anti-fascist activists in Germany and elsewhere : ANTIFA

18-down – Not the only fruit? : ORANGE

19-down – Dorset town known for its Lighthouse arts centre : POOLE

22-down – A measure of the speed of communication over a data channel : BAUD