6-across – Rabindranath __, Bengali polymath : TAGORE

7-across – Name given to the first European settlement in South Africa : CAPEOF

9-across – See 7 : GOOD

10-across – See 13 Down : BAKEOFF

11-across – The __, US sitcom about the beginning of the universe? : BIGBANGTHEORY

14-across – Lead singer for the Pretenders : CHRISSIEHYNDE

17-across – Sir Sidney __, Oscar winning star of Lilies of the Field : POITIER

19-across – See 7 : HOPE

20-across – Hagia __, museum in Istanbul : SOPHIA

21-across – The capital of New York State : ALBANY

1-down – Sir Derek __, star of Last Tango in Halifax : JACOBI

2-down – Family at the centre of Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath : JOAD

3-down – Spiritual song based on Ezekiel 37 : DEMBONES

4-down – Fashion brand, controversially abbreviated : FCUK

5-down – Scottish town known in Gaelic as Baile Fharfair : FORFAR

8-down – Greek mathematician and astronomer : PTOLEMY

12-down – See 13 : BRITISH

13-down – Television show hosted by Sandi Toksvig and Noel Fielding : THEGREAT

15-down – The personification of sleep in Greek mythology : HYPNOS

16-down – __ Circle – where Massachusetts, Connecticut and New Hampshire meet in Washington DC? : DUPONT

18-down – Country, capital Tehran : IRAN

19-down – The Greek goddess of youth : HEBE

7-across – Greek poet from the island of Lesbos : SAPPHO

8-across – Russia’s – and the world’s – largest lake by volume : BAIKAL

9-across – Star of La La Land : RYAN

10-across – Ligurian city, south of Genoa : LASPEZIA

11-across – Doris __, author of The Good Terrorist : LESSING

13-across – University in Birmingham : ASTON

15-across – Iconic US brand of reusable lighters : ZIPPO

17-across – Sergei and Yulia __, poisoned with novichok in Salisbury : SKRIPAL

20-across – The Song of __, epic poem from 1855 by Henry Longfellow : HIAWATHA

21-across – Donna __, creator of the Venetian detective Guido Brunetti : LEON

23-across – __ Steinem, journalist and activist : GLORIA

24-across – French city on the Loire : NANTES

1-down – US spy pilot shot down over the Soviet Union in 1960 : GARY

2-down – Michael and Leon __, boxers : SPINKS

3-down – See 9 Across : GOSLING

4-down – The __, James Cameron film from 1989 : ABYSS

5-down – Joan __, late comedian : RIVERS

6-down – Canadian province between Ontario and Saskatchewan : MANITOBA

12-down – Member of Monty Python : ERICIDLE

14-down – Country from which Crimea was annexed in 2014 : UKRAINE

16-down – See 1 : POWERS

18-down – __ Records, founded in Jamaica in 1959 : ISLAND

19-down – __ Frome, 1911 novel by Edith Wharton : ETHAN

22-down – Michael __, former England footballer : OWEN

1-across – See 15 : ELIOT

4-across – See 12 Down : CHAUCER

8-across – Device to increase traction on wheels of tractors and tanks : GROUSER

9-across – Essential oil and resin taken from Canarium luzonicum : ELEMI

10-across – Australian tennis great : RODLAVER

11-across – US state bordered by Idaho and Arizona : UTAH

13-across – Ursula K. __, science fiction author : LEGUIN

15-across – Pseudonym of Mary Ann Evans, commemorated in 21 4 down : GEORGE

17-across – Semicircular recess also known as an exedra : APSE

18-across – Type of conflict associated with the O.K. Corral? : GUNFIGHT

21-across – Section of Westminster Abbey in which eminent writers are commemorated : POETS

22-across – The __, verse tale by Lord Byron which inspired an opera by Verdi and a ballet by Adam : CORSAIR

23-across – Larry __, America’s Cup enthusiast and founder of Oracle : ELLISON

24-across – W.B. __, Irish poet : YEATS

1-down – Author for whom the Mystery Writers of America name their annual award : EDGARALLANPOE

2-down – Wiltshire manor known for its annual arts festival : IFORD

3-down – Australian island state : TASMANIA

4-down – See 21 Across : CORNER

5-down – Eve’s second son? : ABEL

6-down – Walled city on the Dee : CHESTER

7-down – The BBC’s flagship annual talk series : REITHLECTURES

12-down – The first writer to be honoured in 21 4 down : GEOFFREY

14-down – Elizabeth __, author of Mary Barton, and remembered in 21 4 down : GASKELL

16-down – Isadora __, US dancer : DUNCAN

19-down – Country whose first president was Kwame Nkrumah : GHANA

20-down – The Thames at Oxford : ISIS

7-across – US retail pioneer credited with inventing the price tag : JOHNWANAMAKER

8-across – Meat product produced by soaking beef in brine before seasoning : PASTRAMI

9-across – __ Kumar, comedian : NISH

10-across – English cricket captain fined for ball-tampering in 1994 : MICHAEL

12-across – Jo and Katy __, comedians : BRAND

14-across – Dame Nellie __, Australian soprano : MELBA

16-across – See 18 Down : PLESSIS

19-across – Mount __, Sicilian volcano : ETNA

20-across – See 10 : ATHERTON

22-across – Mint flavoured alcohol and cocktail ingredient : CREMEDEMENTHE

1-down – __ Klebb, Bond antagonist in From Russia With Love : ROSA

2-down – Guy Ritchie movie from 2000 : SNATCH

3-down – Medieval term for a Muslim Arab from which a London rugby club took its name : SARACEN

4-down – Australian cricket vice-captain who admitted ball-tampering in 2018 : DAVID

5-down – See 4 : WARNER

6-down – Capital of Finland : HELSINKI

11-down – The __, 1997 film by Ang Lee starring Kevin Kline and Sigourney Weaver : ICESTORM

13-down – Process by which base metals might become noble? : ALCHEMY

15-down – Johannes __, German composer known for his ‘variations’ on the works of others : BRAHMS

17-down – Seductive creatures of Greek mythology : SIRENS

18-down – South African cricket captain convicted of ball-tampering in 2013 and 2016 : FAFDU

21-down – The toe line in darts : OCHE

7-across – __ Mahler, Viennese socialite immortalised by Tom Lehrer? : ALMA

8-across – Aircraft used in the Hiroshima bombing of 6 August 1945 : ENOLAGAY

9-across – 1987 political thriller starring Kevin Costner and Sean Young : NOWAYOUT

10-across – Type of gentleman whose progress was documented by Hogarth? : RAKE

11-across – See 1 Down : LEONARD

13-across – Fictional animal hunted by Lewis Carroll? : SNARK

15-across – See 5 Down : BLOCK

17-across – Noir author whose Spenser stories are set in Boston : ROBERTB

20-across – Welsh hill, known in English as the Sugar Loaf : YFAL

21-across – See 2 Down : PARETSKY

23-across – James __, noir author whose Robicheaux stories are set in Louisiana : LEEBURKE

24-across – Norse god of wisdom and poetry : ODIN

1-down – Noir author whose novels are often set in Florida or Detroit : ELMORE

2-down – Noir author whose Warshawski stories are set in Chicago : SARA

3-down – Nigerian author of The Famished Road : BENOKRI

4-down – Catherine __, co-founder of the Salvation Army : BOOTH

5-down – Noir author whose Scudder stories are set in New York : LAWRENCE

6-down – See 17 Across : PARKER

12-down – Nicholas __, novel by Dickens : NICKLEBY

14-down – French pilgrimage site – or the daughter of Madonna? : LOURDES

16-down – Curve said to describe the relationship between taxation levels and actual receipts : LAFFER

18-down – Iraqi town on the Tigris : TIKRIT

19-down – Muriel __, author of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie : SPARK

22-down – Norse god of thunder : THOR