Daily Answers

1-across – Irish pop group for whom Brian Cox played : DREAM

4-across – The day of rest in Abrahamic religions : SABBATH

8-across – 14/4D poem about a dead man who lay moaning? : NOTWAVING

9-across – See 8 : BUT

10-across – Jack __,the man who shot Lee Harvey Oswald : RUBY

11-across – The heart of Las Vegas? : THESTRIP

14-across – Singer whose hits include I Just Called to Say I Love You : STEVIE

15-across – See 14 : WONDER

17-across – See 8 : DROWNING

20-across – Hebridean island : SKYE

23-across – 2020 thriller starring Jessica Chastain and Colin Farrell : AVA

24-across – The Romanian capital : BUCHAREST

25-across – The KA in AKA? : KNOWNAS

26-across – Canadian territory bordering Alaska : YUKON

1-down – 1982 Barry Levinson movie starring Steve Guttenberg : DINER

2-down – Ugandan city and airport raided by Israeli troops in 1976 : ENTEBBE

3-down – Utah city,entry point for the Canyonlands National Park : MOAB

4-down – Name that might appear as Ferreira in Portuguese or Kuznetsov in Russian : SMITH

5-down – Bell in the Elizabeth Tower,Westminster : BIG

6-down – Fossilised tree resin : AMBER

7-down – Tottenham __,London football club : HOTSPUR

12-down – __ Falling on Cedars,David Guterson’s debut novel : SNOW

13-down – __ DiMucci,the Wanderer? : DION

14-down – George Baker’s second world war comic strip about a put upon infantry soldier : SADSACK

16-down – FW __,joint Nobel laureate with Nelson Mandela : DEKLERK

18-down – Region of New Zealand’s South Island : OTAGO

19-down – 14a __,singer with Fleetwood Mac : NICKS

21-down – Ben __ and __ John,comedian and musician : ELTON

22-down – Lady __ Talbot,Downton Abbey character played by Michelle Dockery : MARY

24-down – See 5 : BEN

5-across – One of the 6 in Gemini : CASTOR

7-across – The other 6 in Gemini : POLLUX

8-across – __ Gilpin,actor who played Roz Doyle in Frasier : PERI

9-across – One of two impostors identified by Kipling in If … : DISASTER

10-across – Boris __,chess champion beaten by Bobby Fischer in 1972 : SPASSKY

12-across – Tom and __,cartoon characters : JERRY

14-across – Esau and __,6 : JACOB

16-across – A second impostor identified by Kipling in If … : TRIUMPH

19-across – __ : BANGBANG

20-across – See 18 Down : ISLE

22-across – Caitlyn __,former Olympic decathlete and star of Keeping Up with the Kardashians : JENNER

23-across – Fabric from the hair of the Angora goat : MOHAIR

1-down – University in New Haven,CT : YALE

2-down – Joseph __,Russian poet and 1987 Nobel laureate : BRODSKY

3-down – __ Palace,office and residence of the French president : ELYSEE

4-down – Name given to the process in which apple trees lose some fruit before the crop is ripe : JUNEDROP

6-down – The __,characters in The Matrix played by Neil and Adrian Rayment : TWINS

7-down – Italian city,home to Camposanto Vecchio : PISA

11-down – Membranes surrounding the spinal cord : PIAMATER

13-down – The art of folding paper : ORIGAMI

15-down – See 21 : ORGANA

17-down – __ Heep,character in David Copperfield : URIAH

18-down – Place in southern Shetland known for its knitting style : FAIR

21-down – __ and Luke Skywalker,6 : LEIA

7-across – 22/20’s new memoir : KIDSWAIT

8-across – See 7 : TILL

9-across – System of weights for precious metals : TROY

10-across – Series of spy stories by Somerset Maugham : ASHENDEN

11-across – The Israeli parliament : KNESSET

13-across – Carl __,long-serving Daily Express cartoonist : GILES

15-across – Port on the Isle of Wight : COWES

17-across – See 7 : YOUHEAR

20-across – See 22 : MINNELLI

21-across – <span>The </span><i>nom de guerre</i><span> of Josip Broz</span> : TITO

22-across – Star of the movie version of 3 : LIZA

23-across – A place in Dorset – or in the imagination of Jonathan Swift : LILLIPUT

1-down – Beeban __,director of Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason,and member of the House of Lords : KIDRON

2-down – Children’s guessing game – or a 2002 movie starring Eddie Murphy and Owen Wilson : ISPY

3-down – Film and musical based on the works of Christopher Isherwood : CABARET

4-down – __ skin,also known as pruritus : ITCHY

5-down – Catherine __,character played by Saskia Reeves in the Slow Horses series : STANDISH

6-down – Golden __,what Jason sought : FLEECE

12-down – __ &amp; Sons,New York-based piano manufacturer : STEINWAY

14-down – What Dian Fossey saw in the mist? : GORILLA

16-down – Ian Falconer’s fictional pig : OLIVIA

18-down – 1981 film starring 22/20 and Dudley Moore : ARTHUR

19-down – Saudi oasis city,known for its rock art and formations : ALULA

21-down – See 7 Across : THIS

1-across – What the Rolling Stones couldn’t get? : SATISFACTION

8-across – “Cry ‘__!’,and let slip the dogs of war” – Shakespeare : HAVOC

9-across – Jane __,director of The Power of the Dog : CAMPION

10-across – A chronic disease – or a unit of digital information : TB

11-across – See 24 : BRITANNICA

13-across – What Ewan McGregor and Emily Blunt tried to catch in the Yemen? : SALMON

14-across – Alkaloid substance derived from poppies : OPIATE

18-across – See 1 Down : MISCELLANY

20-across – The __,TV series set in southern California : OC

22-across – __,unreliable narrator of Lolita : HUMBERT

23-across – Pam __,star of Jackie Brown : GRIER

24-across – General knowledge reference work first published in 1768 : ENCYCLOPEDIA

1-down – The first of a series of general knowledge compendia published in 2003 : SCHOTTS

2-down – Russian republic in southern Siberia,capital Kyzyl : TUVA

3-down – Thriller starring Emily Blunt and Benicio del Toro about US conflict with a Mexican drug cartel : SICARIO

4-down – Louis May __,author of Little Women : ALCOTT

5-down – Fast-talking meerkat in The Lion King : TIMON

6-down – See 1 : ORIGINAL

7-down – Mister God,This is __ : ANNA

12-down – Sir Harry __,character from Tom Brown’s School Days : FLASHMAN

15-down – Australian signals intelligence centre – and a TV series based on it : PINEGAP

16-down – Microsoft 24,first published in 1993 : ENCARTA

17-down – A boat used for temporary accommodation : FLOTEL

18-down – The boundary between the crust and the mantle of planet Earth : MOHO

19-down – What Gray composed in a country churchyard? : ELEGY

21-down – Nickname given to Charlie Parker : BIRD

1-across – Whiskey __! 1949 Ealing comedy : GALORE

4-across – My Friend __,1941 novel by Mary O’Hara : FLICKA

9-across – __ Guevara,aka “Che” : ERNESTO

10-across – Baroness __,Conservative politician who said her party was known as racist : WARSI

11-across – Supporting pieces at the apex of an arch or vault : KEYSTONES

12-across – Poem that Keats wrote to a nightingale? : ODE

13-across – Australian state which includes Sydney : NEWSOUTHWALES

17-across – Analogue video encoding system used in the UK : PAL

18-across – Latin phrase meaning “in the year of the reign” : ANNOREGNI

20-across – The late queen’s preferred breed of dog : CORGI

21-across – Red __ Russian novel and spy movie : SPARROW

22-across – The study of the relationship between integers : NUMBER

23-across – See 22 : THEORY

1-down – The __,nickname given to 30 St Mary Axe,London : GHERKIN

2-down – Sir __ Henry,comedian : LENNY

3-down – Italian dish based on rice : RISOTTO

5-down – Oxford mathematician and author of 18’s Adventures in Wonderland : LEWIS

6-down – See 5 : CARROLL

7-down – __ With Me,anthem associated with the FA Cup Final : ABIDE

8-down – Insect’s home best left undisturbed? : HORNETSNEST

14-down – Another name for tungsten : WOLFRAM

15-down – Vain character in The Transformers – or a road to conflict? : WARPATH

16-down – Ramp from which a ship is launched : SLIPWAY

17-down – Hickory cultivated for its edible nut : PECAN

18-down – A Town Like __,novel by Nevil Shute : ALICE

19-down – Greta __,golden era movie star : GARBO