Author name: crosswordanswers

7-across – __ Dorries, culture secretary : NADINE

8-across – A jubilee city? : BANGOR

9-across – 2007 film directed by Sean Penn – or a family festival in Sussex : INTOTHEWILD

10-across – A jubilee city? : STANLEY

11-across – Cuban dance and music genre : MAMBO

14-across – Lord __, proprietor of Private Eye? : GNOME

16-across – Berkshire town where Wilde was imprisoned : READING

19-across – A jubilee city? : DUNFERMLINE

20-across – See 2 Down : KEYNES

21-across – __-Romagna, administrative region of Italy : EMILIA

1-down – Lewis __, racing driver : HAMILTON

2-down – A jubilee city? : MILTON

3-down – British luxury car brand, founded 1919 : BENTLEY

4-down – Henrik __, author of A Doll’s House : IBSEN

5-down – __ Gandhi, India’s third prime minister : INDIRA

6-down – Thomas __, once owner of a cricket ground in London : LORD

12-down – The highest peak in the UK : BENNEVIS

13-down – Johannes __, Dutch artist whose works include A Young Woman seated at a Virginal : VERMEER

15-down – The Spanish for tomorrow : MANANA

17-down – In linguistics, the use of words to give context : DEIXIS

18-down – Bob __, the chief of medicine in Scrubs : KELSO

19-down – Steven Spielberg’s first film for television : DUEL

5-across – 1983 gangster film starring Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer : SCARFACE

7-across – Music festival held annually in Novi Sad, Serbia : EXIT

9-across – Bruce __, anti-nuclear campaigner who died this year : KENT

10-across – Birds of prey found throughout Europe : KESTRELS

11-across – __ Bunton, Baby Spice : EMMA

12-across – Music genre unlikely to have been heard at this year’s 2 in Manchester : INDIEPOP

14-across – Rap festival held annually in London : WIRELESS

16-across – Area of Boston MA popular with artists and designers : SOWA

17-across – Market town in Carmarthenshire : LLANELLI

19-across – Rival to Othello? : IAGO

20-across – The Thames at Oxford? : ISIS

21-across – The capital of Malta : VALLETTA

1-down – __ Franklin, the queen of soul : ARETHA

2-down – 1994 song and album by Blur : PARKLIFE

3-down – River reaching the sea between Hartlepool and Redcar : TEES

4-down – Margaret __, author of The Memoirs of Cleopatra : GEORGE

6-down – Club music festival held in Cheshire : CREAMFIELDS

8-down – Site of Bestival 2004-2016 : ISLEOFWIGHT

13-down – __ Hammett, author of The Maltese Falcon : DASHIELL

15-down – __ Hemingway, author of The Old Man and the Sea : ERNEST

16-down – Music festival held annually in Budapest : SZIGET

18-down – Peace & __, music festival held most years in Borlänge, Sweden : LOVE

6-across – Cole Porter musical based on The Taming of the Shrew : KISSME

7-across – __ Capote, author of Breakfast at Tiffany’s : TRUMAN

8-across – Mountain in Provence – and frequent feature of 21 : MONT

9-across – __ traverse; method for crossing between two points using rope : TYROLEAN

10-across – BBC television arts show discontinued in 2003 : OMNIBUS

12-across – Host of the 2022 Fifa World Cp : QATAR

14-across – Museum and art gallery in Madrid : PRADO

16-across – Controversial vegetable extract favoured by food manufacturers : PALMOIL

18-across – Archipelago and country situated in the Indian Ocean : MALDIVES

20-across – See 6 : KATE

22-across – Friedrich __, author of The Condition of the Working Class in England : ENGELS

23-across – The second astrological sign : TAURUS

1-down – Nickname for one of the three major stage races in cycling : GIRO

2-down – South African crime movie that won the 2006 Oscar for best foreign language film : TSOTSI

3-down – See 8 Across : VENTOUX

4-down – Nickname for one of the three major stage races in cycling : VUELTA

5-down – Desert straddling South Africa, Namibia and Botswana : KALAHARI

7-down – A hill near Glastonbury, topped by St Michael’s Tower : TOR

11-down – Gold medal winner in the 2012 Olympics women’s road race : MARIANNE

13-down – Madeline __, Bertie Wooster’s on-off fiancee : BASSETT

15-down – What a bumper car was called before they started bumping? : DODGEM

17-down – Soft boot usually made of reindeer or sealskin : MUKLUK

19-down – See 11 : VOS

21-down – Nickname for one of the three major stage races in cycling : TOUR

6-across – Popular Chinese-owned video-sharing platform : TIKTOK

7-across – Michael and Louis __ – father and son rugby players : LYNAGH

9-across – László __, inventor who patented his ballpoint pen in 1938 : BIRO

10-across – Nickname of the renaissance artist, Doménikos Theotokópoulos : ELGRECO

11-across – City overlooked by Garth Hill : CARDIFF

13-across – City in North Dakota – and a film by the Coen brothers : FARGO

15-across – The complement to Drang in German literature? : STURM

17-across – K-pop band also known as BTS : BANGTAN

20-across – County in north west Wales : GWYNEDD

21-across – See 17 : BOYS

23-across – Bakery chain based in Liverpool : SAYERS

24-across – Houseplant known for its large green and orange leaves : CROTON

1-down – Pacific nation, capital Suva : FIJI

2-down – Town in Gloucestershire known for its steep streets : STROUD

3-down – See 8 : OKEEFFE

4-down – Nick __, deputy prime minister 2010-2015 : CLEGG

5-down – Deputy leader of the Labour Party : ANGELA

8-down – Modernist artist known for her New Mexico landscapes : GEORGIA

12-down – Caribbean island, one half of a Commonwealth country : ANTIGUA

14-down – __ Bushnell, author of Sex and the City : CANDACE

16-down – See 5 : RAYNER

18-down – US guitar brand : GIBSON

19-down – Society of people with high IQs? : MENSA

22-down – Michelle __, star of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon : YEOH

6-across – Name by which Chennai was once known : MADRAS

8-across – Fernando __, F1 driver and former champion : ALONSO

9-across – See 4 Down : GRAY

10-across – Jewish school for study of the Talmud and the Torah : YESHIVA

11-across – Little __, area of New York bordered by Tribeca and SoHo : ITALY

13-across – Spice Girls’ debut single : WANNABE

15-across – The name by which Asterix knew Paris? : LUTETIA

17-across – Lee __, author of the Jack Reacher novels : CHILD

20-across – 1819 novel by Walter Scott : IVANHOE

21-across – Individual whose progress was recorded by Hogarth? : RAKE

23-across – Nigel __, actor who played Neil in The Young Ones : PLANER

24-across – Kamala __, US vice president : HARRIS

1-down – Roseanne __, US comedian : BARR

2-down – Ancient county of western Scotland : ARGYLL

3-down – Caramel, nougat and chocolate confectionery created in Slough in 1932 : MARSBAR

4-down – Oscar Wilde’s narcissist : DORIAN

5-down – City once known as Constantinople : ISTANBUL

7-down – The river between Earth and the underworld in Greek mythology : STYX

12-down – Former president of the Dominican Republic, after whom Santo Domingo was once named : TRUJILLO

14-down – Movie franchise starring Bruce Willis : DIEHARD

16-down – __ Thompson-Herah, Jamaican sprinter : ELAINE

18-down – City once known as Salisbury : HARARE

19-down – Long __, former name of the Maze prison in County Down : KESH

22-down – Capital of Ukraine : KYIV