7-across – Jean Paul __, fashion designer : GAULTIER

8-across – __ Hegerty, ‘the governess’ to viewers of The Chase : ANNE

9-across – Writer who read her poem On the Pulse of Morning at Bill Clinton’s 1993 inauguration : MAYA

10-across – Olympic equestrian event : DRESSAGE

11-across – See 9 : ANGELOU

13-across – Electronic facial composites, used by law enforcement agencies : EFITS

15-across – T.E. Lawrence’s autobiographical reflections : SEVEN

17-across – See 15 : PILLARS

20-across – See 15 : OFWISDOM

21-across – The _, US TV series starring Laura Linney : BIGC

22-across – Country bordered by Ecuador and Chile : PERU

23-across – City on New Zealand’s North Island : AUCKLAND

1-down – King Arthur’s nephew? : GAWAIN

2-down – __ Kurylenko, star of Quantum of Solace : OLGA

3-down – A castle in Berkshire – or a House in the UK? : WINDSOR

4-down – Rival beheaded by Sir 1 in the medieval tale : GREEN

5-down – Wagner opera : PARSIFAL

6-down – See 4 : KNIGHT

12-down – Title given to retired professors : EMERITUS

14-down – Charlie __, television presenter and gardener : DIMMOCK

16-down – Alexandre Gustave __, French engineer known for his eponymous tower : EIFFEL

18-down – Scorsese biopic of Jake LaMotta : RAGING

19-down – __ Wright, director of the Cornetto trilogy? : EDGAR

21-down – See 18 : BULL

7-across – The principal judicial organ of the United Nations : INTERNATIONAL

8-across – See 17 : WOODS

9-across – Spice made from dried red peppers : PAPRIKA

11-across – Genetic polymer formed of a double helix of polynucleotide chains : DNA

12-across – North Carolina city named for the wife of King George III : CHARLOTTE

15-across – City holy to Islam, Judaism and Christianity : JERUSALEM

16-across – Unique internet address : URL

17-across – New Hampshire resort where the creation of the 19/6 was agreed : BRETTON

19-across – Financial institution created in 1944 : WORLD

22-across – __ glory, an ice-cream sundae : KNICKERBOCKER

1-down – Ballet term to describe a dancer on fully extended toes : ENPOINTE

2-down – Beth __, England footballer : MEAD

3-down – South Africa’s ruling party since 1994 : ANC

4-down – Scottish town on Loch Ryan : STRANRAER

5-down – See 7 Across : COURTOF

6-down – See 19 Across : BANK

10-down – Portuguese archipelago in the North Atlantic : THEAZORES

13-down – Michael Jackson album and single from the early 1980s : THRILLER

14-down – See 7 Across : JUSTICE

18-down – Janet __, US attorney general at the time of the Waco stand-off : RENO

20-down – Killer whale : ORCA

21-down – Order of chivalry : OBE

6-across – George __, US pioneer of opinion polling : GALLUP

8-across – Elizabeth __, US senator from Massachusetts and presidential candidate in the 2020 primaries : WARREN

9-across – Signature song of Édith Piaf : LAVIEENROSE

10-across – Singer whose hits include Rain on Me : LADYGAGA

12-across – Huckleberry __, Mark Twain character : FINN

13-across – A beige colour, typically used to describe silk and linen : ECRU

15-across – Popular name for the German attack on London and other cities in 1940 and 1941 : THEBLITZ

17-across – 12D film, starring Marcello Mastroianni : LADOLCEVITA

20-across – Alarm clock button favoured by late sleepers? : SNOOZE

21-across – Cornish town, north of Penzance : STIVES

1-down – Spanish dish, made with rice, saffron and various meats, fish and vegetables : PAELLA

2-down – A semicircular recess in a church : APSE

3-down – Ballet by Tchaikovsky : SWANLAKE

4-down – The Czech Republic’s second city? : BRNO

5-down – Sea and islands between Greece and Turkey : AEGEAN

7-down – I will always __; Dolly Parton’s promise? : LOVEYOU

11-down – The Caribbean archipelago : ANTILLES

12-down – Federico __, filmmaker whose works include 8½ : FELLINI

14-down – Singer whose theme for Titanic became her signature song : CELINE

16-down – Nomadic people of the Sahara : TUAREG

18-down – See 14 : DION

19-down – __ Rawlins, fictional private eye created by Walter Mosley : EASY

7-across – 4 __, the northernmost point of continental Africa : ANGELA

8-across – John __, cricket commentator known for his poetry readings on the BBC : ARLOTT

9-across – Jonathan Larson’s rock musical based on La Bohème : RENT

10-across – Dutch graphic artist known for his Hand with Reflecting Sphere : MCESCHER

11-across – 4 __, the southernmost point of continental Africa : AGULHAS

13-across – Shere __, sexologist : HITE

14-across – __ Falco, star of The Sopranos and Nurse Jackie : EDIE

15-across – 4 __, the south-westernmost point of continental Australia : LEEUWIN

16-across – __ Schwartz, character played by Jessica Hecht in Breaking Bad : GRETCHEN

18-across – Roald __, prolific author : DAHL

20-across – Saint __, Jersey’s capital : HELIER

21-across – Margaret __, author of The Handmaid’s Tale : ATWOOD

1-down – Irish musical film created by John Carney : ONCE

2-down – Author of The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas : GERTRUDESTEIN

3-down – Marble mausoleum in Agra, Uttar Pradesh : TAJMAHAL

4-down – Sleeveless garment which drapes the wearer’s back : CAPE

5-down – Book by Mark Bowden – and movie by Ridley Scott – set in Mogadishu : BLACKHAWKDOWN

6-down – Mike __, journalist and former England cricket captain : ATHERTON

11-down – Northernmost of the inhabited Channel Islands : ALDERNEY

12-down – __ & Sons, piano manufacturer : STEINWAY

17-down – 4 __, not quite the southernmost point of South America : HORN

19-down – A curving ball in tenpin bowling : HOOK

6-across – Molly and Leopold Bloom’s home town? : DUBLIN

8-across – Fictional pig created by Ian Falconer : OLIVIA

9-across – Dialectical materialists? : MARXISTS

10-across – A spice, a bludgeon or a type of tear gas? : MACE

11-across – Singer and actor who starred in Moonstruck : CHER

13-across – Nickname for Barnsley FC : THETYKES

14-across – Malian city near the 16 Down : TIMBUKTU

16-across – Africa’s longest river : NILE

17-across – Muslim religious leader : IMAM

18-across – Sweet smelling posies : NOSEGAYS

21-across – Polish city on the Vistula : KRAKOW

22-across – Continent straddling the equator and the Greenwich meridian : AFRICA

1-down – South Sudanese city on the 16 Across : JUBA

2-down – Animals, which, as Flanders and Swann tell us, ain’t elks? : GNUS

3-down – Jean-Jacques __, author of The Social Contract : ROUSSEAU

4-down – Capital of 16 Down : NIAMEY

5-down – Joni __, who has “looked at life from both sides now” : MITCHELL

7-down – Egyptian city on 16 Across : LUXOR

12-down – Catholic prayer to the mother of Jesus : HAILMARY

13-down – Dame Kiri __, opera singer : TEKANAWA

15-down – Malian capital on the 16 Down : BAMAKO

16-down – River in west 22 : NIGER

19-down – Fiona __, Petunia Dursley in the Harry Potter films : SHAW

20-down – Village People hit from 1978 : YMCA