7-across – The capital of Mali : BAMAKO

8-across – The capital of Niger : NIAMEY

9-across – Celine __, Canadian singer : DION

10-across – The German motorway? : AUTOBAHN

11-across – River running over Victoria Falls : ZAMBEZI

12-across – Eponymous children’s explorer produced by Nickelodeon : DORA

14-across – March 15th? : IDES

16-across – Kenyan port city : MOMBASA

19-across – Royal forest in Nottinghamshire : SHERWOOD

20-across – Supergroup formed by Agnetha, Anni-Frid, Björn and Benny : ABBA

21-across – Stephen King novel and 1990 film starring Kathy Bates : MISERY

22-across – Steve __, creator of Alan Partridge : COOGAN

1-down – Dam on the 11 : KARIBA

2-down – London thoroughfare associated with 1960s fashion : CARNABYSTREET

3-down – Classic TV western series starring Lorne Greene : BONANZA

4-down – Founder of The Body Shop : ANITA

5-down – Fred Flintstone’s catchphrase : YABBADABBADOO

6-down – Religious epic from 1959 starring Charlton Heston : BENHUR

13-down – See 4 : RODDICK

15-down – Bertie Wooster’s preferred aunt? : DAHLIA

17-down – The American underground? : SUBWAY

18-down – The capital of Japan : TOKYO

7-across – Barbara Kingsolver’s novel set partly in the Congo : THEPOISONWOOD

8-across – River linking Ipswich and Felixstowe : ORWELL

9-across – Plant widely used in Chinese medicine : GINKGO

10-across – Rachel and Ross’s daughter in Friends : EMMA

12-across – One of the major languages spoken in the Philippines : TAGALOG

14-across – Year : MDCCCLX

15-across – Satirical TV series starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus : VEEP

17-across – Mount on which Noah’s Ark is said to have come to rest : ARARAT

18-across – Author of No Country for Old Men and The Road, who died in June : CORMAC

20-across – William Faulkner novel featuring Lena Grove’s search for Lucas Burch : LIGHTINAUGUST

1-down – Author of On the Origin of Species : CHARLESDARWIN

2-down – Heavy sword used in fencing : EPEE

3-down – See 7 Across : BIBLE

4-down – Capital of the Isle of Man : DOUGLAS

5-down – Tchaikovsky ballet from 1876 : SWANLAKE

6-down – Long-running BBC series featuring religious music : SONGSOFPRAISE

11-down – See 18 Across : MCCARTHY

13-down – The middle part of the larynx : GLOTTIS

16-down – Andy __, author of Bravo Two Zero : MCNAB

19-down – The capital of Latvia : RIGA

7-across – 2001: __, 1968 sci-fi movie by Stanley Kubrick : ASPACEODYSSEY

8-across – — Asher-Smith, sprinter : DINA

9-across – Cypriot tourist resort : AYIANAPA

10-across – AI application designed to converse with customers : CHATBOT

12-across – The sister of Goneril and Cordelia? : REGAN

14-across – __ De Lesseps, character played by Gwyneth Paltrow in Shakespeare in Love : VIOLA

16-across – 1972 movie starring Liza Minnelli : CABARET

19-across – Latin phrase meaning my fault : MEACULPA

20-across – See 4 Down : ELBA

22-across – Device in movies whereby a sudden intervention resolves a plotline : DEUSEXMACHINA

1-down – A sparkling white wine from Italy : ASTI

2-down – Hampshire town between Chichester and Portsmouth : HAVANT

3-down – Country bordered by Israel and Syria : LEBANON

4-down – Actor who stars as Luther : IDRIS

5-down – Ethnic group whose origins are in modern-day Ghana : ASANTE

6-down – Facial recognition programme developed by Facebook : DEEPFACE

11-down – Dutch beer known for its green bottles : HEINEKEN

13-down – The ninth month of the Islamic calendar : RAMADAN

15-down – Name given to grasshopper or cicada during the swarming phase : LOCUST

17-down – __ Dixon, television presenter : ALESHA

18-down – Amazon’s virtual assistant : ALEXA

21-down – The former capital of West Germany : BONN

5-across – Classic text by Frantz Fanon : THEWRETCHEDOF

8-across – The fourth of the books of Mormon : ENOS

9-across – See 5 : THEEARTH

10-across – London district, home to Riverside Studios : HAMMERSMITH

13-across – According to Lenin, the highest stage of capitalism? : IMPERIALISM

16-across – Malorie __, bestselling author of the Noughts & Crosses series : BLACKMAN

19-across – __ Dewar, author of Women Talking Dirty : ISLA

20-across – 1957 classic by Ayn Rand : ATLASSHRUGGED

1-down – Chinese port on the Yangtze estuary : SHANGHAI

2-down – 1995 movie starring De Niro and Pacino : HEAT

3-down – A citizen of Kathmandu? : NEPALI

4-down – William __, hapless figure at the centre of Scoop : BOOT

6-down – __ Akram, former Pakistani fast bowler : WASIM

7-down – A district of London and Manhattan : CHELSEA

11-down – Politicians of whom Nigel Farage was once one? : EUROMPS

12-down – Short sermons or moral lectures : HOMILIES

14-down – Video game first released in 1980 : PACMAN

15-down – Sea spray that freezes on contact with ships : ICING

17-down – A type of jump in figure skating : LUTZ

18-down – Roman emperor AD54-68 : NERO

7-across – Sir Chris __, MP for Rhondda and chair of the Commons Committee on Standards : BRYANT

8-across – Dick __, US vice-president, 2001-2009 : CHENEY

9-across – French artist known for her eponymous wax museum in London : MADAMETUSSAUD

10-across – Palestinian city, home to the Mount of Temptation : JERICHO

12-across – See 1 Down : MAJOR

14-across – Cult Japanese manga film from 1988 : AKIRA

16-across – Sir Derek __, poet from Saint Lucia : WALCOTT

19-across – Al-__-__, Arabic name for the Temple Mount, site of the al-Aqsa mosque in East Jerusalem : HARAMALSHARIF

21-across – The capital of Albania : TIRANA

22-across – Character in Friends played by Jennifer Aniston : RACHEL

1-down – Constellation which includes the Big Dipper : URSA

2-down – Japanese horseradish : WASABI

3-down – Dutch city known for its university : UTRECHT

4-down – The nickname of Jean Louise Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird : SCOUT

5-down – Body of water separating the Sudan and Saudi Arabia : REDSEA

6-down – __ scale, a measure of wind intensity : BEAUFORT

11-down – Arabic name for Hebron : ELKHALIL

13-down – Name for the official record of parliamentary debates in the UK : HANSARD

15-down – Ronald __, US president 1981-1989 : REAGAN

17-down – Abbey __, presenter of Britain’s Next Top Model : CLANCY

18-down – Palestinian city on the Egyptian border : RAFAH

20-down – St __, places in Cornwall, Cambridgeshire and Dorset : IVES