Author name: crosswordanswers

6-across – Official transcript of parliamentary proceedings : HANSARD

9-across – Iraqi city on the Shatt al-Arab : BASRA

10-across – River flowing through St Petersburg : NEVA

11-across – Dick __,star of Mary Poppins : VANDYKE

13-across – A kind of bridge or a kind of sale? : AUCTION

15-across – The Purple Rose of __,Woody Allen movie from 1985 : CAIRO

16-across – Crimean resort where Churchill,Roosevelt and Stalin met in 1945 : YALTA

17-across – A Majestic __,cricket writings of CLR James : INNINGS

18-across – The first section of Dante’s Divine Comedy : INFERNO

20-across – Jonah __,player remembered for his performance against England in the 1995 Rugby World Cup : LOMU

23-across – River __,Midlands waterway : TRENT

24-across – Country bordered by Peru and Colombia : ECUADOR

1-down – Dan Brown novel,sequel to Angels & Demons : THE

2-down – Taking the __,form of protest pioneered by Colin Kaepernick : KNEE

3-down – Scottish town on the Firth of Lorn : OBAN

4-down – The __ – who,according to Byron,“came down like the wolf on the fold”? : ASSYRIAN

5-down – Author of the bestselling novel 12 : KATEMOSSE

7-down – One of the two most common forms of coffee plant : ARABICA

8-down – See 1 : DAVINCICODE

12-down – Type of elaborate pen built,according to legend,by Daedalus to hold the minotaur : LABYRINTH

14-down – Long-running ITV drama series starring James Nesbitt and Helen Baxendale : COLDFEET

15-down – 17th century French waterway connecting Béziers and Toulouse : CANALDU

19-down – Luxury hotel on London’s Piccadilly or the Place Vendôme,Paris : RITZ

21-down – See 15 : MIDI

22-down – Shorthand for an internet address : URL

7-across – Martin __,historian known for his books on Africa : MEREDITH

8-across – Nina __,German actor who has appeared in Homeland,Jack Ryan and A Most Wanted Man : HOSS

9-across – Doddie __,Scottish rugby layer and campaigner around motor neuron disease : WEIR

10-across – Cockney rhyming slang for pinch : HALFINCH

11-across – __ effect,a change in the frequency of waves as the source and observer move relative to each other : DOPPLER

13-across – There Will be __,2007 movie starring Daniel Day-Lewis : BLOOD

15-across – See 16 Down : STEPS

17-across – The __,water separating Brooklyn and Staten Island : NARROWS

20-across – Otto von __,first chancellor of Germany : BISMARCK

21-across – See 16 Down : NINE

22-across – __ Place,played by Katharine Ross in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid : ETTA

23-across – Dame Emma __,star of Dead of Winter : THOMPSON

1-down – Italian region,capital Venice : VENETO

2-down – 1954 Hitchcock 5 starring James Stewart and Grace Kelly : REAR

3-down – The lead singer on 5 : MICHAEL

4-down – Lee __,author of the Reacher 5s : CHILD

5-down – Bestselling album of all time,released on 30 November 1982 : THRILLER

6-down – 1960 Hitchcock 5 starring Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh : PSYCHO

12-down – Common name for cervical cancer screening : PAPSMEAR

14-down – See 3 : JACKSON

16-down – The __,5 by John Buchan : THIRTY

18-down – See 2 : WINDOW

19-down – The first casualty of war,so they say? : TRUTH

21-down – Union which merged with Nalgo to form Unison : NUPE

7-across – An apple – or Peregrin Took in The Lord of the Rings : PIPPIN

8-across – See 22 : AUTHOR

9-across – To where Russell Crowe and Christian Bale took the 3:10? : YUMA

10-across – Windsor residence of the Prince and Princess of Wales : ADELAIDE

11-across – Timothy __,Sean Murray’s character in NCIS : MCGEE

13-across – See 10 : COTTAGE

15-across – What the Romans harvested in the Wash through evaporation of brine : SEASALT

16-across – Dornford __,the pseudonym of Cecil William Mercer : YATES

17-across – __ system,teaching method used at Oxford and Cambridge : TUTORIAL

19-across – __ Brockman,Springfield News anchor in The Simpsons : KENT

21-across – California city named for its ash trees : FRESNO

22-across – A novel by Lodge,a story by Asimov and a memoir by Wodehouse? : AUTHOR

1-down – Ethnic group living mainly in northern Japan and southern Sakhalin : AINU

2-down – Sir Lindsay Hoyle’s official residence : SPEAKERSHOUSE

3-down – Pre-Columbian empire in South America : INCA

4-down – King Arthur’s castle and court : CAMELOT

5-down – Restraining garments often used in escapology acts : STRAITJACKETS

6-down – French department whose prefecture is Périgueux : DORDOGNE

12-down – The prime minister’s official country residence : CHEQUERS

14-down – Larry __,co-founder of Oracle : ELLISON

18-down – Billy __,1959 novel by Keith Waterhouse : LIAR

20-down – Inert gas,atomic number 10 : NEON

6-across – __ Dooley and Solomon,television presenters : STACEY

8-across – Namibian national park,one of the largest in Africa : ETOSHA

9-across – Taylor Swift’s latest album : THELIFE

10-across – Rob __,star of The West Wing and Parks and Recreation : LOWE

11-across – __ ale,a slang term for water : ADAMS

13-across – Dame Evelyn __,Scottish percussionist : GLENNIE

15-across – See 2 Down : MINOGUE

17-across – __ in Paris,TV series starring Lily Collins : EMILY

20-across – Desert covering much of Mongolia : GOBI

21-across – The nickname of Julius Henry Marx : GROUCHO

23-across – Julia __,star of Riviera and Hustlers : STILES

24-across – __ Bay,song referenced in the Pogues’ Fairytale of New York : GALWAY

1-down – Horror film franchise directed by Wes Craven and others : SCREAM

2-down – Artist remembered in part for her 2005 album,5 : KYLIE

3-down – Pasta made from twisted spirals : GEMELLI

4-down – Parisian cabaret known for its 5 performances : MOULIN

5-down – See 9 Across : SHOWGIRL

7-down – Shorthand for a type of explosive : TNT

12-down – Country in the Horn of Africa : DJIBOUTI

14-down – Anthony __,author of A Clockwork Orange : BURGESS

16-down – Bird from which Baltimore’s Major League Baseball team takes its name : ORIOLE

18-down – Robert __,character played by Denzel Washington in the Equalizer films : MCCALL

19-down – See 4 : ROUGE

22-down – See 9 Across : OFA

7-across – Former emperor of Ethiopia who died in 1975 : HAILESELASSIE

8-across – Social media platform known in China as Douyin : TIKTOK

9-across – See 4 Down : CLOVER

10-across – Mountain also known as Sagarmatha : EVEREST

12-across – The Jordanian capital : AMMAN

15-across – __ 21,musician also known as Peter Gene Hernandez : BRUNO

16-across – __ 21,driving force in the global success of his eponymous US chocolate company : FORREST

18-across – UN education agency based in Paris : UNESCO

20-across – Old Testament book : PSALMS

22-across – The protagonist in Gone with the Wind : SCARLETTOHARA

1-down – Country bordered by Senegal and Niger : MALI

2-down – Name given to the iconic triangular building at 175 Fifth Avenue,New York : FLATIRON

3-down – US children’s clothing brand – and its home city in Wisconsin : OSHKOSH

4-down – Manga series featuring 21 as a Shining General : BLACK

5-down – Norwegian city found in Czechoslovakia? : OSLO

6-down – 2004 movie about two men on a week-long trip to California’s wine country,starring Paul Giamatti : SIDEWAYS

11-down – __ 21,hero of an eponymous teen detective series created by Rob Thomas : VERONICA

13-down – Mexican music group,usually including guitar and violin : MARIACHI

14-down – Market town on the River Wansbeck in Northumberland : MORPETH

17-down – Shipping forecast area – and a port in Kent : DOVER

19-down – __ Evans,musician whose albums include Three Chords and the Truth : SARA

21-down – Fourth rock from the sun? : MARS