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

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