7-across – City whose main esplanade is the Malecón : HAVANA

8-across – __ Sterling, Manchester City and England footballer : RAHEEM

9-across – Arthur __, Wimbledon winner, 1975 : ASHE

10-across – See 4 Down : CENTRAL

11-across – Baltic state bordering Russia and Latvia : ESTONIA

12-across – Sir __ , comedian and co-founder of Comic Relief : LENNY

13-across – Ford car in production between 1968 and 1986 : CAPRI

15-across – See 4 Down : STATION

19-across – Long-running BBC show for deaf and hard-of-hearing people : SEEHEAR

20-across – University in Connecticut : YALE

21-across – Trojan war hero, the son of Priam and Hecuba : HECTOR

22-across – __ Zukor, co-founder of Paramount Pictures : ADOLPH

1-down – State whose eponymous city is in Missouri? : KANSAS

2-down – 10 15 in the Parque das Nações, Lisbon : GAREDOORIENTE

3-down – A martial art : TAICHI

4-down – New York terminus located at 42nd Street and Park Avenue : GRAND

5-down – Former Liberian president, convicted of war crimes in 2012 : CHARLESTAYLOR

6-down – Irving __, US songwriter whose hits include Puttin’ on the Ritz : BERLIN

14-down – Jane __, author of Pride and Prejudice : AUSTEN

16-down – John Clayton II, Viscount Greystoke : TARZAN

17-down – Flowers also known as primula elatior : OXLIPS

18-down – See 12 Across : HENRY

6-across – The __ Ground, another name for Upton Park : BOLEYN

7-across – Chinese alcoholic drink made from distilled sorghum : MAOTAI

8-across – See 2 Down : INK

9-across – See 11 : SECRETARY

11-across – The UK’s most senior civil servant : CABINET

13-across – Cressida __, Metropolitan Police Commissioner : DICK

15-across – __ Seehorn, star of Better Call Saul : RHEA

16-across – See 22 : HEYWOOD

18-across – Ridley Scott movie about a 1993 raid on Mogadishu by US forces : BLACKHAWK

19-across – City to which the Brooklyn Dodgers relocated in 1958 : LOS

22-across – 11 9, 2012-2018 : JEREMY

23-across – Hugh __, star of House : LAURIE

1-down – See 18 Across : DOWN

2-down – What is used to enter a not out batter’s score in cricket? : RED

3-down – See 19 Across : ANGELES

4-down – Town in County Armagh on the River Bann : PORTADOWN

5-down – __ Pochettino, Manager of Tottenham Hotspur FC : MAURICIO

7-down – 11 9, 2018 to present : MARK

10-down – Actor known for her roles in Our Friends in the North : GINAMCKEE

12-down – Greek hero of the Trojan War : ACHILLES

14-down – See 7 : SEDWILL

17-down – What’s left after milk has been curdled and strained : WHEY

20-down – US state and major river : OHIO

21-down – __ O’Donnell, 11 9, 2005 – 2011 : GUS

7-across – 1978 musical starring Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta : GREASE

8-across – Pierre de __, French mathematician famous for his ‘last theorem’ : FERMAT

9-across – Dido’s sister in Roman mythology : ANNA

10-across – Wellington’s nickname : IRONDUKE

11-across – Religious sect which flourished in southern France during the 12th century : CATHARS

13-across – Dame __ Mirren, actor : HELEN

15-across – Mahmoud __, president of the Palestinian National Authority : ABBAS

17-across – Earl of Leicester and prominent leader in the crusade against the 11 : SIMONDE

20-across – See 17 : MONTFORT

21-across – French city after which the crusade against the 11 was named : ALBI

23-across – Gustave __, French civil engineer whose eponymous tower stands in Paris : EIFFEL

24-across – Indian city sometimes known as the 18 city : NAGPUR

1-down – Country bordered by Iraq and Turkmenistan : IRAN

2-down – A citizen of Almaty? : KAZAKH

3-down – French city and scene of a massacre of the 11 in 1209 : BEZIERS

4-down – __ Hague, wife of the former leader of the Conservative Party : FFION

5-down – The Prime of Miss Jean __, novel by Muriel Spark : BRODIE

6-down – Area of Atlanta associated with rap music : BANKHEAD

12-down – Food of the gods in Greek mythology : AMBROSIA

14-down – Chapel in the Vatican once known as the Cappella Magna : SISTINE

16-down – Collective term for anti-fascist activists in Germany and elsewhere : ANTIFA

18-down – Not the only fruit? : ORANGE

19-down – Dorset town known for its Lighthouse arts centre : POOLE

22-down – A measure of the speed of communication over a data channel : BAUD

1-across – __ Rodwell, Coronation Street character played by Helen Worth : GAIL

3-across – Wogan __, the only member of the Communist Party to have sat in the House of Lords : PHILIPPS

9-across – Nile port known for its eponymous ‘Stone’ : ROSETTA

10-across – Site of the 11 that ended the Crimean War : PARIS

11-across – International conference that shaped Europe following the Napoleonic Wars : CONGRESS

12-across – US tennis ball manufacturer : PENN

14-across – __ 11, party once led by Mahatma Gandhi : INDIAN

16-across – Site of the 11 following the Russ-Turkish was of 1877-1888 : BERLIN

19-across – Egyptian city at the southern end of its eponymous canal : SUEZ

20-across – See 11 : OFVIENNA

23-across – Former Portuguese colony in southern China : MACAU

24-across – Japanese atoll, the scene of fierce fighting in 1945 : IWOJIMA

25-across – See 14 : NATIONAL

26-across – The mother of life, in Greek mythology : GAIA

1-down – Henryk __, Polish composer whose Symphony No. 3 gained worldwide popularity : GORECKI

2-down – Henrik __, Norwegian playwright whose works include A Doll’s House : IBSEN

4-down – Patty __, who was kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army in 1974 : HEARST

5-down – Law enforcement agency popularised in the TV series Dragnet : LAPD

6-down – Henry __, English composer of Baroque music : PURCELL

7-down – The name given to the Queen’s first corgi : SUSAN

8-down – Who, according to Bowie, was ‘waiting in the sky’? : STARMAN

13-down – Military smock favoured by the Parachute Regiment during World War II : DENISON

15-down – Barracks in Surrey in the headlines following a number of deaths between 1995 and 2002 : DEEPCUT

17-down – Waterfalls on the US – Canada border : NIAGARA

18-down – Roman province set up after the defeat of Carthage in 146 BC : AFRICA

19-down – Carly __, singer whose hits include You’re So Vain : SIMON

21-down – The Nigerian currency : NAIRA

22-down – 2011 movie by Martin Scorsese : HUGO

7-across – Indonesian archipelago once named as a source of 15 : MALUKU

8-across – See 19 Down : LARSEN

9-across – Hotel on London’s Piccadilly : RITZ

10-across – A moon of Jupiter – or a son of Zeus : GANYMEDE

11-across – Name given to the open letter written by Émile Zola in defence of Alfred Dreyfus : JACCUSE

13-across – See 15 : GIRLS

15-across – Pop group formed in 1994 : SPICE

17-across – Flightless bird – or a type of fern : OSTRICH

20-across – Name once given to the major city on the Hooghly River : CALCUTTA

21-across – Neologism for an open access online course with unlimited participation : MOOC

22-across – __ Knope, the character played by Amy Poehler in Parks and Recreation : LESLIE

23-across – Mary __, athlete who tripped after colliding with Zola Budd in the 1984 Olympics : DECKER

1-down – The capital of the Philippines : MANILA

2-down – Egyptian port and canal : SUEZ

3-down – Guy __, British diplomat – and Soviet agent : BURGESS

4-down – Anthony __, art historian – and Soviet spy : BLUNT

5-down – __ Old Man, 1995 sequel starring Water Matthau and Jack Lemmon : GRUMPIER

6-down – Gregor __, geneticist : MENDEL

12-down – Carbonated soft drink invented by John Pemberton : COCACOLA

14-down – See 7 Across : ISLANDS

16-down – Gary __, South African golfer, winner of nine majors : PLAYER

18-down – Aromatic buds native to 7/14 : CLOVES

19-down – The author of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo : STIEG

21-down – A type of tear gas – or a product of nutmeg? : MACE