|
Across | 1 | | The largest living land mammal (8) |
| 6 | | Sweet aromatic grape of the
species Vitis vinifera,
grown in warm climates to make
raisins and wine (6) |
| 9 | | Nicholas ___ , birth name of Pope
Adrian IV, the only Englishman to
have occupied the papal throne (10) |
| 10 | | Slovenian lakeside resort, four-
time venue of the World Rowing
Championships (4) |
| 11 | | A thin pancake in a hot orange- or
lemon-flavoured sauce, usually
flambeed (5,7) |
| 13 | | Brazilian footballer, the only
player ever to have won three
World Cups (4) |
| 14 | | A Mediterranean labiate shrub,
whose fragrant pungent grey-green
leaves are used as a food
flavouring and in perfumes (8) |
| 17 | | Bob ___ , the underpaid clerk of
Ebenezer Scrooge in the Charles
Dickens novella A Christmas
Carol (8) |
| 18 | | The inner and larger of the two
bones of the forearm (4) |
| 20 | | 1948 musical film starring Judy
Garland and Fred Astaire, which
includes the song Steppin' Out with My Baby (6,6) |
| 23 | | Eric ___ , creator of the
satirical pop band The Rutles,
with Neil Innes (4) |
| 24 | | Belgian cyclist who won the Tour
de France five times between 1969
and 1974 (4,6) |
| 25 | | A small manual kitchen utensil
used for pounding or grinding,
usually in conjunction with a
mortar (6) |
| 26 | | In music, a group of nine notes
played in the time of six or eight (8) |
|
Down | 2 | | A small constellation in the
northern hemisphere containing the
first-magnitude star Vega (4) |
| 3 | | Terry ___ , English author of
fantasy novels, best known for the
Discworld series (9) |
| 4 | | ___ House, the London townhouse of
the Dukes of Wellington, situated
at Hyde Park Corner (6) |
| 5 | | Children's novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett, whose setting is the fictitious Misselthwaite Manor (3,6,6) |
| 6 | | In the UK, a title of nobility
ranking above an earl and below a
duke (8) |
| 7 | | One of the three weapons used in
modern fencing, along with the
epee and foil (5) |
| 8 | | A brown, spangled type of Venetian
glass, named after the Italian
word for 'chance', because of its
accidental discovery (10) |
| 12 | | The first leader of the Labour
Party in the UK (4,6) |
| 15 | | The ___ , a play by Agatha
Christie, the longest running show
in London's West End (9) |
| 16 | | ___ Robinson, character in the TV
soap Neighbours played by
Kylie Minogue (8) |
| 19 | | Name of the islands in the western
Caribbean whose capital is George
Town (6) |
| 21 | | Main river flowing through Newark,
Nottinghamshire (5) |
| 22 | | Scottish island which contains The
Cuillin, a rocky mountain range
rising to 992 metres at Sgurr
Alasdair (4) |
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