7-across – Venetian archipelago known for its glass manufacturing industry : MURANO

8-across – __ Wells, market town in Powys : BUILTH

9-across – See 6 Down : HALL

10-across – A boxer who leads with their right hand : SOUTHPAW

11-across – Star of Duck Soup : GROUCHO

13-across – __ Smith, US singer whose works include Horses : PATTI

15-across – Birthplace of 2/21 down : TRIER

17-across – River flowing through 15 : MOSELLE

20-across – See 21 : ANNEVANS

21-across – The birth name of George Eliot, also buried at 5 : MARY

22-across – A small French restaurant : BISTRO

23-across – __ Street, the intended Birmingham terminus for the HS2 line : CURZON

1-down – A young person, usually foreign, who performs light domestic tasks in return for room and board : AUPAIR

2-down – __ 21 down, author of Capital : KARL

3-down – Russian beetroot soup : BORSCHT

4-down – Type of weapon using air propulsion : BBGUN

5-down – London cemetery, burial place of 21A /20, 2/21D and 6/9 : HIGHGATE

6-down – Cultural theorist and long-serving Open University professor of sociology : STUART

12-down – Online food delivery platform launched in 2014 : UBEREATS

14-down – Mossack __, company at the centre of the 2016 Panama Papers leaks : FONSECA

16-down – Ian __, author of the Rebus novels : RANKIN

18-down – Gary __, cartoonist who created The Far Side : LARSON

19-down – John __, navigator commissioned by Henry VII to explore the American coast in 1497 : CABOT

21-down – See 11 Across : MARX

7-across – The __, Wagner opera from 1843 : FLYING

8-across – Term for the collected works of an author, artist or composer : OEUVRE

9-across – Proprietor of a 23 on the ocean floor? : DAVY

10-across – Human organism that may be embryonic or adult : STEMCELL

11-across – 2008 movie by Kathryn Bigelow about a US bomb disposal unit in Iraq : THEHURT

13-across – Cornish term for a tourist or visitor : EMMET

15-across – The froth caused by waves : SPUME

17-across – Chelsea __, US military whistle-blower : MANNING

20-across – Popular term for the Intertropical Convergence Zone : DOLDRUMS

21-across – Russian city on the Irtysh River : OMSK

22-across – The target for Betjeman’s friendly bombs? : SLOUGH

23-across – See 11 : LOCKER

1-down – Household name for dilute sodium hypochlorite : BLEACH

2-down – Harry Potter’s mother? : LILY

3-down – To search for oneself on the internet? : EGOSURF

4-down – See 9 Across : JONES

5-down – See 7 Across : DUTCHMAN

6-down – Irish town, known for its annual festival to crown the Rose : TRALEE

12-down – Yuval Noah Harari’s brief history of tomorrow? : HOMODEUS

14-down – Character played by Harrison Ford in Star Wars : HANSOLO

16-down – Annie __, author of Brokeback Mountain : PROULX

18-down – The lake created by the Aswan Dam : NASSER

19-down – Japanese dish of vinegared rice and seafood? : SUSHI

21-down – Paris-based organisation promoting economic cooperation : OECD

7-across – See 8 : OFINISHERIN

8-across – The __, 2022 comedy starring Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson : BANSHEES

9-across – See 5 Down : TERS

10-across – Mason __, England footballer : MOUNT

11-across – __ Prabang, Laotian city on the Mekong River : LUANG

13-across – See 3 Down : TWINS

15-across – What baseball players wear on their catching hand? : MITTS

16-across – See 1 Down : BUDD

18-across – Cave in Rome where Romulus and Remus were said to have been raised : LUPERCAL

20-across – Charlie Chaplin film from 1925 : THEGOLDRUSH

1-down – Controversial South African / British athlete who competed at the 1984 Olympics : ZOLA

2-down – The longest river in the United States : MISSOURI

3-down – The __, 2022 film telling the stories of June and Jennifer Gibbons : SILENT

4-down – __ Beach, where Ian McEwan set his 2007 novel : CHESIL

5-down – The __, independent traders and residents of Nelson Mandela House, Peckham? : TROT

6-down – 2008 comedy starring Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson : INBRUGES

10-down – The right word at the right time? : MOTJUSTE

12-down – 2022 film about a daughter and her father, directed by Charlotte Wells : AFTERSUN

14-down – What Paul Torday fished for in the Yemen? : SALMON

15-down – Portmanteau term for a variety of small motorcycles : MOPEDS

17-down – Danny __, actor who played Mick Carter in EastEnders : DYER

19-down – Arthur __, a 1975 Wimbledon champion : ASHE

6-across – Poem first published 100 years ago : THEWASTE

8-across – See 6 : LAND

9-across – Rhyming slang for ‘tea’ : ROSIELEE

10-across – Another name for Robin Goodfellow? : PUCK

11-across – Peninsula extending south and east from Massachusetts : CAPECOD

13-across – See 22 Down : POUND

15-across – Friend of 6/8 author, whose archive of letters at Princeton caused a literary stir : EMILY

17-across – Henry David __, US author and philosopher : THOREAU

20-across – Citrus fruit common in Jamaica : UGLI

21-across – Pale lager originating in Germany : PILSENER

23-across – See 15 : HALE

24-across – The __, 1997 Ang Lee movie starring Joan Allen and Kevin Kline : ICESTORM

1-down – Major tributary of the Mississippi : OHIO

2-down – Author of 6/8 : TSELIOT

3-down – The daughter in Greek mythology of Zeus and Leda : HELEN

4-down – Syrian city, near the Turkish border : ALEPPO

5-down – A snake native to South America – and a variant of poker : ANACONDA

7-down – Terry __, Anglican envoy held captive in Lebanon 1987-1991 : WAITE

12-down – Region of southern France – and its brandy : ARMAGNAC

14-down – Baroness Lynda __, minister in the Major and Thatcher governments : CHALKER

16-down – Dutch university city : LEIDEN

18-down – __ Butler, antihero of Gone With the Wind : RHETT

19-down – 6/8’s cruellest month? : APRIL

22-down – 2’s ‘Miglior Fabbro’ according to the dedication of 6/8 : EZRA

6-across – The __ of the Republic, song from which Steinbeck took the title to 8/14 : BATTLE

8-across – The __, Steinbeck novel featuring the Joad family : GRAPES

9-across – Christian __, French fashion house : DIOR

10-across – Decade associated with jazz and art deco : TWENTIES

11-across – See 17 : ANDMEN

12-across – See 22 : OFNOD

15-across – Inspector __, character created by Colin Dexter : MORSE

17-across – Steinbeck novel featuring Lennie and George : OFMICE

20-across – Pakistani city east of the Khyber Pass : PESHAWAR

22-across – Where Cain was exiled when he went 4/16, according to Genesis : LAND

23-across – City where the German constitution was written in 1919 : WEIMAR

24-across – Another name for the ancient city of Palmyra in Syria : TADMOR

1-down – Castle, bay and village on the Pembrokeshire coast : STBRIDES

2-down – The __: John, Paul, George and Ringo : BEATLES

3-down – Spiro __, Nixon’s unfortunate choice as vice-president : AGNEW

4-down – Steinbeck novel featuring the Trasks and the Hamiltons : EAST

5-down – People and language found mostly in Namibia and Bostwana : HERERO

7-down – __ Kurosawa, film director : AKIRA

13-down – My __, musical based on Shaw’s Pygmalion : FAIRLADY

14-down – See 8 Across : OFWRATH

16-down – See 4 : OFEDEN

18-down – __ Morricone, composer : ENNIO

19-down – What was both terrible and swift according to the first verse of the 6/21 : SWORD

21-down – See 6 Across : HYMN