5-across – __ Navratilova and Hingis – Wimbledon winners : MARTINA

7-across – Marie __, two-time Nobel laureate : CURIE

9-across – See 2 Down : GRAF

10-across – Sir V.S. __, author of In A Free State : NAIPAUL

11-across – Durrell’s subject – along with other animals? : FAMILY

13-across – Animals used in the Andes for meat, wool and transport : LLAMAS

14-across – The greatest? : ALI

15-across – A mythical king – or a type of macaque : RHESUS

17-across – City on the US-Mexico border : ELPASO

19-across – Philip __, Raymond Chandler’s detective : MARLOWE

20-across – See 8 Down : KING

22-across – One of the five boroughs of New York : BRONX

23-across – __ Samba, jazz standard first recorded by João Gilberto : ONENOTE

1-down – The 11 who make up The Incredibles? : PARR

2-down – Seven-time Wimbledon singles champion : STEFFI

3-down – The capital of Zambia : LUSAKA

4-down – See 16 : WILLIAMS

6-down – The first woman to take her seat as an MP : NANCYASTOR

8-down – Six-time Wimbledon singles champion : BILLIEJEAN

12-down – The __, palace and fort in Granada : ALHAMBRA

16-down – Seven-time Wimbledon singles champion – so far : SERENA

18-down – Former name used for the Chinese capital : PEKING

21-down – Sir John __, secretary of state for defence at the time of the Falklands war : NOTT

7-across – Seafaring Scandinavian – or a Minnesotan football fan : VIKING

8-across – English estuary – or a bicycle pioneer : HUMBER

9-across – River whose major tributaries converge at Warden Rock : TYNE

10-across – Desert covering parts of Botswana, South Africa and Namibia : KALAHARI

11-across – Serie A football team whose home is the San Siro : ACMILAN

13-across – Little Orphan Annie’s dog : SANDY

16-across – Type of flatfish found in European waters : DOVER

17-across – Kenyan port : MOMBASA

19-across – __ Convention, folk rock band formed in 1967 : FAIRPORT

21-across – __ Lund, character played by Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca : ILSA

23-across – Somerset home of Clarks Shoes : STREET

24-across – Co-author with Marx of The Communist Manifesto : ENGELS

1-down – Wilfred Owen’s subject: War, and the __ of War : PITY

2-down – BBC schools service for pupils aged 4 to 14 : BITESIZE

3-down – Common title for the Shia leader Mawlana Hazar Imam : AGAKHAN

4-down – Lee __, author of the Jack Reacher novels : CHILD

5-down – Chinese term for a domestic servant : AMAH

6-down – Archipelago celebrated in an 1830 overture by Mendelssohn : HEBRIDES

12-down – Scottish town at the tip of the Black Isle : CROMARTY

14-down – Home to The Archers? : AMBRIDGE

15-down – Decade in which Casablanca was made : FORTIES

18-down – River running through Aberfoyle and Stirling : FORTH

20-down – Major UK employment agency : REED

22-down – See 16 Across : SOLE

7-across – Palestinian city south of Jerusalem : HEBRON

8-across – Cocktail whose main ingredients are rum and Curaçao : MAITAI

9-across – Singer whose hits include Castle on the Hill : ED

10-across – US region that includes Rhode Island and New Hampshire : NEWENGLAND

11-across – See 9 : SHEERAN

13-across – Denise __, heptathlete and broadcaster : LEWIS

15-across – Canadian rapper whose albums include Nothing Was the Same : DRAKE

17-across – Pseudonym of the crossword setter D.S. Macnutt : XIMENES

19-across – __ Pankhurst, suffragette and daughter of Emmeline : CHRISTABEL

21-across – __ Konta, tennis player : JO

22-across – Airline and flag carrier of the UAE : ETIHAD

23-across – The capital of the Bahamas : NASSAU

1-down – John __, author of Ten Days that Shook the World : REED

2-down – Ariana __, singer whose hits include Thank U, Next : GRANDE

3-down – The __, bestselling book by Raymond Briggs : SNOWMAN

4-down – Country bordered by Yemen and the UAE : OMAN

5-down – Singer whose hits include No Time to Die : BILLIE

6-down – Louis __, poet who wrote Autumn Journal : MACNEICE

12-down – Japanese emperor 1926-1989 : HIROHITO

14-down – The __ Theory, sitcom starring Kaley Cuoco : BIGBANG

16-down – Eric __, author of Lassie Come Home : KNIGHT

18-down – See 5 : EILISH

20-down – The sea is calm tonight / The __ is full… Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold : TIDE

21-down – Family at the heart of Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath : JOAD

7-across – __ Allen, character in EastEnders played by Louisa Lytton : RUBY

8-across – Landlocked country in the Horn of Africa : ETHIOPIA

9-across – Sans-serif typeface used on the London Underground : JOHNSTON

10-across – __, __ and __, three of the four Warner Brothers founders : SAM

11-across – Crustacean of the family Nephropidae : LOBSTER

13-across – See 10 : HARRY

16-across – Founder of Rome, killed by his twin brother : REMUS

17-across – John __, author of Agent Running In The Field : LECARRE

18-across – Star of When 13 Met Sally… : MEG

19-across – Quotation, often of poetry, which establishes the theme for a document : EPIGRAPH

21-across – Spanish pastry – or two US states, North and South : CAROLINA

22-across – See 10 : JACK

1-down – Monetary union involving 19 countries : EUROZONE

2-down – See 18 Across : RYAN

3-down – Plant also known as ling : HEATHER

4-down – Sadiq __, London mayor : KHAN

5-down – Landlocked country in southern Africa : BOTSWANA

6-down – Former kingdom, making up much of modern Thailand : SIAM

12-down – Nicola __, Scottish first minister : STURGEON

14-down – Journalist killed in Russia in 1993, whose eponymous Trust supports freelance journalists : RORYPECK

15-down – Samson’s nemesis? : DELILAH

18-down – Ancient kingdom making up much of modern Jordan : MOAB

19-down – __ Falco, actor who played Carmela Soprano : EDIE

20-down – Indian royal title : RAJA

7-across – The question EH Carr set out to answer in his classic work from 1961 : WHATISHISTORY

8-across – Leader of Chile’s struggle for independence : BERNARDO

9-across – Music hall dance associated with the Moulin Rouge : CAN

10-across – Matt __, star of Friends and Episodes : LEBLANC

12-across – See 16 : SACHS

14-across – Strait connecting the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov : KERCH

16-across – US investment bank based in New York : GOLDMAN

19-across – See 9 : CAN

20-across – See 8 : OHIGGINS

22-across – South African president 1994 – 1999 : NELSONMANDELA

1-down – A moon of Saturn – or a character in Friends : PHOEBE

2-down – Town and school on the Thames near Windsor : ETON

3-down – Air on the __, Wilhelmj’s arrangement of Bach : GSTRING

4-down – Venezuelan leader of several anti-colonial movements in South America : SIMON

5-down – __ Channing, star of Grease and The West Wing : STOCKARD

6-down – Dawn __, Dibley’s vicar? : FRENCH

11-down – A body of water in the Great Glen : LOCHNESS

13-down – See 4 : BOLIVAR

15-down – Currant-filled cake named for a town in Lancashire : ECCLES

17-down – Frances __, a winner of the 2018 Nobel prize in chemistry : ARNOLD

18-down – __ Ancona, comedian : RONNI

21-down – André __, winner of the 1947 Nobel prize in literature : GIDE