Clues Starting With number 1955 Marilyn Monroe film, with "The" 1994 novel by Ian Rankin 1968 biopic starring Julie Andrews as Gertrude Lawrence 1974 action film starring Richard Harris and Omar Sharif 1955 Marilyn Monroe film, with "The" 2003 film comedy starring Michael Douglas and Albert Brooks 2009 musical film starring Daniel Day-Lewis as Guido Contini 1991 comedy-drama film starring Robert Carlyle and Emer McCourt 2005 film drama starring Patrick Wilson and Ellen Page 1978 comedy-drama film starring Carol Burnett and Paul Dooley 1985-87 Champion Hurdle-winning horse 1996 adventure film starring Ted Danson and Joely Richardson 2002 novel by Andrew Holmes 1989 comedy-drama film starring Steve Martin and Mary Steenburgen 2002 novel by Carl Hiaasen 1960 children's book by Roberta Leigh 2012 biopic directed by and starring Ben Affleck; 2013 Best Picture Oscar winner 1983 film directed by and starring Woody Allen 3 sound sheepish about arrest 50% of capital invested in modest settlement 2002 film for which Jack Nicholson and Kathy Bates received Oscar nominations 1993 comedy-drama film starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau 2010 romcom starring Emma Stone and Penn Badgley 1926 stage farce by Ben Travers 16th-century court dance with small, back-and-forth steps 1930 film comedy starring Spencer Tracy and Claire Luce 1988 film drama starring James Woods and Lesley Ann Warren 1975 film starring Warren Beatty as a promiscuous LA hairdresser (7) 1993 film western directed by and starring Mario Van Peebles 25 sheets of paper; one twentieth of a long ream 2006 biopic starring Nicole Kidman subtitled An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus 40% of numerical facts, 50% lies in America? (6) 2003 Grand National-winning horse 2011 action-comedy film starring Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy 2014 Australian Open women's singles tennis champion 7 traces of white and black in bundle 1994 film drama starring Jodie Foster in the title role 2014 biopic starring David Oyelowo as Martin Luther King Jr 2001 film thriller starring Naomi Watts and Laura Harring 1953 film drama starring Marilyn Monroe and Joseph Cotten 1965 Joe Orton stage play that ran on Broadway in 1968 1965 novel by Dick Francis (4,7) 1927 book of verses by A A Milne 1999 film drama starring Forest Whitaker subtitled The Way of the Samurai 15, 24: 24 more strongly (7) 100 having examinations in which they have rivals (8) 2003 novel by Chris Ryan 2006 film drama starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett 2005 sci-fi film starring Nathan Fillion and Gina Torres 2 securing old, old driver (7) 2 drops in for meat (4) 2 picking up record (5) 2's flute, perhaps (5) 2 shut up (4) 2 succeeding often on the radio — as another? (4) 20 down, 19 and 12 across in Dutch village once (6) 14, 19 and 12 across drink (5) 2 looking discontented, musical talent claims (5) 2: chap stealing hearts, ending in despair (6) 2, one being paid without limits (4) 2001 film drama starring Dougray Scott and Kate Winslet 1991 novel by Barbara Taylor Bradford 1850 opera by Richard Wagner 2000 action film starring Russell Crowe and Joaquin Phoenix 2012 action film starring Taylor Kitsch and Alexander Skarsgard 1963 semi-autobiographical novel by Sylvia Plath published under the pseudonym Victoria Lucas 1999 film comedy starring Matthew Broderick and Reese Witherspoon 1994 film starring Jean Reno in the title role 1968 biopic starring Vanessa Redgrave in the title role 1968 film western starring Sean Connery and Brigitte Bardot 2011 2,000 Guineas-winning horse 1971 Grand National-winning horse 1853 novel by Charles Kingsley 1970s' sitcom starring Ronnie Barker, set in Slade prison (8) 16A & 21A 1994 comedy-drama film starring Hugh Grant and Andie MacDowell (4,8,3,1,7) 1948 film western starring John Wayne and Henry Fonda 7/10 – in a word! (7) 2002 BBC TV sitcom starring Harry Enfield and Amanda Holden 1996 action film starring John Travolta and Christian Slater 2003 biopic starring Tim Roth as Oliver Cromwell 1953 adventure film starring Humphrey Bogart and Jennifer Jones 1973 stage play by Alan Bennett 1981 novel by Peter Carey 17 Fleet St tradesman 1 + 1000 + 1000 + (7- 5): roughly, that's huge (7) 2002 BBC TV sitcom starring Harry Enfield and Amanda Holden 1996 action film starring John Travolta and Christian Slater 2003 biopic starring Tim Roth as Oliver Cromwell 14 bird’s mostly quiet in order to keep cold 14 that might be caught on sandbank if flipped 14 might be stingy or poor since losing last of fortune in collapse 14 parts of fish, minor ones perhaps 14 altering faulty percussion instrument 14 jewel within unit, two of a kind 14's bestselling writer or more of a rogue? 1969 rock opera by The Who 1998 film drama starring Jessica Lange and Gwyneth Paltrow 2009 stage play by Lucy Prebble 2002 action film starring Nicolas Cage and Adam Beach 1934 Cole Porter musical (with no exclusions?) (8,4) 2007 film comedy starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost 1991 winner of the US Open Championship 1996 action film starring Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton 10 of 3 behind credit offered by wine society? 1855 novel by William Makepeace Thackeray 2007 novel by Annie McCartney 1816 novel by Jane Austen 2004, 2008 and 2012 Olympic sailing Finn class gold medallist 1965 novel by Dick Francis 2012 film comedy starring Mark Wahlberg and Mila Kunis 1881 novel by Johanna Spyri 2014 City of Culture in the Republic of Ireland 60 seconds 1981 film drama for which Warren Beatty won a Best Director Oscar 2008 film thriller starring Liam Neeson and Maggie Grace 1908 Green Gables girl (4) 1871 opera set in the Old Kingdom of Egypt (4) 2 complaint (6) 2, itself unfinished entering second day (10) 2 swimmers (8) 2 where she requires a card to play (8) 50% off rent, wealthy charged again (8) 2 centres (6) 2000 crime film starring Benicio Del Toro and Dennis Farina 1978 stage musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice 2008 film comedy starring Steve Carell in the title role 2008 action film starring Sylvester Stallone in the title role 1970s ITV drama series starring Colin Douglas and Barbara Flynn 24th letter of the Greek alphabet (5) 1970s US television drama series starring Dennis Weaver as a New Mexico cop in New York City 19 evening may require these wicked lights 1994 film comedy starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito 1 Across sentimentality about distant land 007 not someone lacking in manners? 12 Paul owned on film (6) 12 swapping halves in test? (4) 12: 12 that is with stream (8) 1990 Roald Dahl book for children featuring the character Mr Hoppy 1920 US Open Championship-winning golfer 40th wedding anniversary stone (4) 1991 biopic starring Warren Beatty in the title role 1986 film drama starring Sean Penn and Christopher Walken 1970 novel by Ngaio Marsh 50% off tinsel brings in public with good advertising 24th letter of the Greek alphabet 1987 horror film starring Adrian Pasdar and Jenny Wright 1982 horror film starring Craig T Nelson and JoBeth Williams 1982 science fiction novel by Thomas H Block 100 taking examinations find competition (8) 13D & 15A 1938 animated film by Walt Disney (4,5,3,3,5,6) 1985 novel by Barbara Taylor Bradford 2008 film thriller starring Hayden Christensen and Jessica Alba 1957 novel by Vladimir Nabokov 2013 action film starring Charlie Hunnam and Idris Elba 80% of 3 ÷ 4? In the end, class does well (7) 1994 stage play by David Edgar 1983 stage play by Caryl Churchill 2003 novel by Jane Green 1986 action film starring Sigourney Weaver and Michael Biehn 1994 biopic starring Johnny Depp in the title role 2000 Olympic men's pole vault gold medallist 1918 Wyndham Lewis novel featuring the character Otto Kreisler 2001 biopic featuring both Judi Dench and Kate Winslet in the title role 1929 stage musical by Noel Coward 2009 film drama starring Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela 1989 European Indoor Championships men's 200m gold medallist 2003 Rugby World Cup winners 1980s sitcom that starred husband-and-wife team Judi Dench and Michael Williams 2006 film drama starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Djimon Hounsou 1973 stage play by Peter Shaffer 2005 film comedy starring Billy Bob Thornton and Greg Kinnear 1997 action film starring Michael Jai White in the title role 1941 animated film featuring the character Timothy Q Mouse 1/1000 (3,10) 1819 novel by Walter Scott 20 down initally put the ball in the net 2002 film comedy starring Freddie Prinze Jr and Sarah Michelle Gellar 2008 animated film starring the voice talent of John Cusack in the title role 1950 film western starring Robert Taylor and John Hodiak 1997 novel by Donald James 1900 opera by Giacomo Puccini 1944 comedy-drama film starring Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald 1987 film comedy starring Jeff Bridges and Kim Basinger 1971 film comedy starring Reg Varney as Stan Butler 1992 animated film starring the voice talent of Scott Weinger and Robin Williams 1953 Benjamin Britten opera commissioned for the coronation of Elizabeth II 1971 stage play by John Osborne 1977 crime drama film starring Stacy Keach and David Hemmings 1994 film drama starring Jodie Foster in the title role 1976 Olympic decathlon gold medallist 1664 play by Molière 1995 Grand National-winning horse 1966 Grand National-winning horse 2001 novel by Gregory Maguire 1992 comedy-drama film starring Robin Williams as Leslie Zevo 1962 opera by Michael Tippett based on the Iliad 1977 novel by Sidney Sheldon 1988 Olympic men's 50m and 100m freestyle swimming gold medallist 1 of 2 or 1 in 3, roughly? (6) 1892 Sergei Rachmaninoff opera after Alexander Pushkin's poem The Gypsies 1996 Melvyn Bragg novel featuring the character Bega 20th-century artistic movement led by Picasso and Braque (6) 1993 Harold Ramis comedy film — 2 February for Americans (9,3) 1855 novel by Charles Kingsley 1981 film starring Dudley Moore remade starring Russell Brand in 2011 1983 album by Bob Dylan co-produced by Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits 2002 film drama starring Sean Penn and Michelle Pfeiffer 1980 film drama starring Gary Busey and Jodie Foster 1967 crime film starring Frank Sinatra in the title role 1945 film drama starring Humphrey Bogart and Alexis Smith 1942 Walt Disney film animation based on a story by Felix Salten 2002 film drama starring Denzel Washington in the title role 1999 film starring Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant — West London district with an annual carnival (7,4) 1638 stage play by Richard Brome 1994 Australian Open and 1999 US Open men's singles tennis final runner-up 1996 film drama starring Vincent D’Onofrio and Hope Davis 2010 romcom starring Emma Stone and Penn Badgley 2003 film comedy starring Michael Caine and Dylan Moran 2000 romcom starring Hugh Laurie and Joely Richardson 1977 novel by George V Higgins 2000 novel by James Delingpole 2011 Republic of Ireland presidential election candidate; 1970 Eurovision Song Contest winner 2014 Grand National-winning horse 1986 comedy-horror film starring Dee Wallace Stone and M Emmet Walsh 2013 animated film featuring the voice talent of Colin Farrell and Josh Hutcherson 2008 film drama starring Robert Carlyle and Rachael Blake 1981 film comedy starring Julie Andrews and William Holden 1941 film comedy starring Groucho Marx as Wolf J Flywheel 10 like this, on paper (4) 1845 novel by Benjamin Disraeli subtitled The Two Nations 1994 sci-fi film starring Kurt Russell and James Spader 1997 family film starring John Goodman and Jim Broadbent 1938 Broadway stage play by Thornton Wilder 2010 family film starring Dwayne Johnson and Ashley Judd 1983 novel by Bernard MacLaverty 1973 film comedy starring, directed and co-written by Woody Allen 2012 action film starring Nicolas Cage and Josh Lucas 1994 action film starring Keanu Reeves and Dennis Hopper 1988 Broadway stage play by David Mamet 1972 film thriller starring Sean Connery and Trevor Howard 1989 novel by Bharati Mukherjee 1995 novel by Kay Hooper 1964 action film starring Stanley Baker and Jack Hawkins 365 days 1936 family film starring Shirley Temple and Robert Young 2005 novel by Francine Mathews 2014 film drama starring Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence 1990 crime film starring Robert De Niro and Ray Liotta 1880 novel by Emile Zola 2012 action film starring Mark Wahlberg and Kate Beckinsale 1928 film starring Lillian Gish and Lars Hanson based on a novel by Dorothy Scarborough 1858 novel by R M Ballantyne subtitled A Tale of Esquimaux-Land 1959 crime drama film starring Martin LaSalle and Marika Green 1931 comedy-drama film starring, directed and written by Charles Chaplin 2003 novel by Patricia Cornwell 1957 stage play by Samuel Beckett 2011 and 2014 Wimbledon ladies' singles tennis champion 1994 Grand National-winning horse 1970 film drama starring David Bradley as Billy Casper 8 was once seen over these at sea (10) 0 plus (-50) plus 500? On reflection, that's the product of a higher power (4,3) 1990 novel by Elmore Leonard 1988 stage play by Tom Stoppard 2006 film drama starring Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova 2003 novel by Michael Connelly 2001 novel by John Francome 1981 horror film starring Jennifer O'Neill, Stephen Lack and Patrick McGoohan 1995 crime film starring Al Pacino and Robert De Niro 2003 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe-winning horse 1972 novel by Harry Crews 1968 film drama starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton 1801 novel by Maria Edgeworth 1996 action film starring Pamela Anderson in the title role 2002 crime film starring Charlize Theron and Courtney Love 1980 David Bowie song (5,2,5) 1-1: only in second half is eleven beaten badly (2,4,3) 1990 comedy-drama film starring Carolyn Farina and Edward Clements 1972 historical drama film starring Sarah Miles in the title role 2012 novel by Jonathan Kellerman 1952 film comedy starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn 1990 novel by Dick Francis 2006 Woody Allen film comedy featuring the director as Sid Waterman 2002 comedy-horror film starring Sean Pertwee and Kevin McKidd 2014 action film starring Dwayne Johnson in the title role 1990 film drama starring Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore 1965 comedy-musical film starring The Beatles 1971 film drama starring Vanessa Redgrave and Oliver Reed 1966 film with Michael Caine or 2004 version with Jude Law (5) 1954 sci-fi film starring James Whitmore and Edmund Gwenn 2004 novel by Terry Pratchett whose protagonist is Moist von Lipwig 2012 film drama starring Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum 1952 novel by John Steinbeck 2005 Tony Award Best Actor in a Musical nominee for his role as King Arthur in Spamalot 2002 action film starring Steven Seagal and Morris Chestnut 1869 piano composition by Mily Balakirev subtitled An Oriental Fantasy 2012 film comedy starring Alice Lowe and Steve Oram 2005 animated film starring the voice talent of Anne Hathaway and Glenn Close 2012 film comedy starring Mark Wahlberg and Mila Kunis 1997 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 1986 film comedy starring John Cleese and Penelope Wilton 1985 film comedy starring Glenn Close in the title role 16D & 7D 1962 novel by Ken Kesey (3,4,4,3,7,4) 2013 novel by Jeff Somers 1985 sci-fi film featuring Barret Oliver in the title role as a cyborg 1986 adventure-comedy film starring Walter Matthau as Captain Thomas Bartholomew Red 1999 biopic starring Pierce Brosnan in the title role 1958 opera by Benjamin Britten adapted from the Chester miracle play 1880 novel by Lew Wallace subtitled A Tale of the Christ 1870 opera by Giuseppe Verdi 1992 action film starring Steven Seagal and Tommy Lee Jones 1918 Wyndham Lewis novel featuring the character Otto Kreisler 1980 Olympic men's singles figure skating gold medallist 1664 play by Moliere 50-50 chance 1969 science fiction novel by Philip K Dick 1989 film drama starring Jessica Lange and Armin Mueller-Stahl 1971 comedy-crime film starring Albert Finney and Billie Whitelaw 1985 film drama starring Cher and Sam Elliott 2009 novel by Chuck Palahniuk 1985 film comedy starring Michael Caine and Valerie Perrine 1998 Lars Von Trier comedy-drama film nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival 1970s ITV science fiction series created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson 18 Silver medal position 20th letter in the Greek alphabet 1994 novel by Rosemary Enright 1970 film western starring John Wayne and Jorge Rivero 1988 comedy-drama film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito 2014 action film starring Samuel L Jackson and Onni Tommila 1986 action film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Kathryn Harrold 1981 novel by Alasdair Gray 1999 Derby-winning horse 2009 novel by Stephen King 1964-66 Cheltenham Gold Cup-winning horse 1974 action film starring John Wayne in the title role 18th-century card game whose name derives from the Spanish word for man 2001 film drama starring Maggie Smith and Michael Gambon 1978 stage musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice 24th letter in the Greek alphabet 1939 autobiographical work by Flora Thompson 2005 novel by Mark Billingham 1986 West End stage musical by Tim Rice, Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus 1979 novel by Piers Paul Read 1990 film comedy starring Griff Rhys Jones in the title role 2014 Commonwealth women's cycling time trial and road race silver medallist 1943 novel by Colette 1965 novel by Arthur Hailey 1960s dance characterized by gyrations of the arms and hips 2007 comedy-drama film starring Ellen Page in the title role 1910 novel by John Buchan 1986 St Leger-winning horse 1989 novel by Ben Elton 0% proof 1987 comedy-drama film starring Richard Dreyfuss and Danny DeVito 2011 film drama starring Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan 1946 adventure film starring Stewart Granger and Jean Kent 2003 novel by Chuck Palahniuk whose protagonist is Misty Wilmot 1987 novel by Gore Vidal 1998 film drama starring Clive Owen and Alex Kingston 1912 George Bernard Shaw stage play featuring the character Eliza Doolittle 1860 novel by Ivan Turgenev 1995 Iain Banks novel 1922 novel by Virginia Woolf 1997 Grand National-winning horse ridden by Tony Dobbin 50% more copying farmwork 1999 film comedy featuring Ben Affleck and Matt Damon 2003 novel by Wendy Holden 2011 Republic of Ireland presidential election candidate; 1970 Eurovision Song Contest winner 1975 Cheltenham Gold Cup-winning horse ridden by Tommy Carberry 1986 comedy-horror film starring Dee Wallace Stone and M Emmet Walsh 1974 novel by Gore Vidal 1969 novel by George MacDonald Fraser 1995 action-comedy film starring Martin Lawrence and Will Smith 1971 film thriller for which Jane Fonda won a Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar 100th anniversary (9) 1959 stage play by Jean Genet subtitled A Clown Show 1932 novel by Phil Stong adapted for the cinema and as a Broadway musical 7- to 10-year-old girlguider (7) 2009 stage play by Lucy Prebble 1994 film drama starring Jodie Foster in the title role 1976 Derby-winning horse ridden by Lester Piggott 1982 novel by Shirley Conran 1929 novel by Rebecca West 1971 Grand National-winning horse 0 (something one can make) (4) 1968 Derby-winning horse 1953 Broadway musical featuring the music of Alexander Borodin 1871 opera by Gilbert and Sullivan 18th century novelist playing cricket 2008 action-drama film starring Daniel Craig and Liev Schreiber 1818 novel by Mary Shelley 1996 Olympic women's marathon gold medallist 100 too old for insurance? (8) 1962 action film starring John Wayne and Hardy Kruger 1915 novel by Russell Thorndike subtitled A Smuggler Tale of the Romney Marsh 12 3 replaced? No replacement! (7,8) 1962 action film featuring Joseph Wiseman in the title role 2000 action film starring Samuel L Jackson in the title role 1893 comic opera by Isaac Albeniz 2005 Oaks-winning horse ridden by Richard Hills 2012 novel by Jodi Picoult 50 in the team really go down? (5) 50 in the team really go down? (5) 6 down or its opposite, with singular interruption (5) 1973 film drama starring Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek 1968 film thriller starring Tim O'Kelly and Boris Karloff 2010 romcom starring Emma Stone and Penn Badgley 2005 biopic starring Keira Knightley in the title role 1963 film drama that starred Paul Newman in the title role 1946 debut novel by Gore Vidal 1970 film western starring John Wayne in the title role 1970 Commonwealth marathon gold medallist 2002 animated film featuring the characters Sid and Manfred 1927 novel by Upton Sinclair 19's flower (5) 1973 biopic starring Al Pacino in the title role 100% determined (4,3) 1858 novel by R M Ballantyne subtitled A Tale of Esquimaux-Land 1966 P G Wodehouse anthology featuring the story Life with Freddie 2011 adventure film starring Rhys Wakefield and Alice Parkinson 1986 action film starring Christopher Lambert and Sean Connery 1880 semi-autobiographical political novel by Benjamin Disraeli 1985 film western starring Kevin Kline and Scott Glenn 1981 film thriller starring Klaus Kinski and Oliver Reed 1881 three-volume novel by Thomas Hardy 2007 horror film starring Kate Beckinsale and Luke Wilson 2006 adventure film starring Edward Speleers in the title role 1827 novel by James Fenimore Cooper 365 days? 1968 novel by Arthur Hailey 1959 Wimbledon men's singles tennis champion 1999 crime film starring Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta-Jones 2008 biopic starring Sean Penn in the title role 1953 novel by Mervyn Peake 1984 film drama featuring Tom Hulce in the title role 2001 Peter Parnell stage play about Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman 1961 film drama starring Dirk Bogarde and Sylvia Syms 1928 volume of poetry by W B Yeats 1970 Masters Tournament-winning golfer 2006 comedy-drama film starring Eddie Marsan and Helena Bonham Carter 19th-century establishment serving drug users (5,3) 2002 romcom starring Christina Ricci and John Simm 1980s ITV sketch show featuring Siobhan Redmond and Robbie Coltrane 1953 Benjamin Britten opera commissioned for the Coronation of Elizabeth II 1981 film drama for which Warren Beatty won a Best Director Oscar 1986 Commonwealth women's 800m and 1,500m gold medallist 2003 film starring Will Ferrell and James Caan 2002 film drama starring Keisha Castle-Hughes and Rawiri Paratene 1917 novel by Sinclair Lewis 1958 Orson Welles film thriller starring Charlton Heston and Janet Leigh 1998 novel by Irvine Welsh 1982 action film starring Jeff Bridges as Kevin Flynn 1993 US Open women's singles tennis champion 2006 crime film starring Emile Hirsch, Justin Timberlake and Bruce Willis 1979 film drama starring Nastassja Kinski in the title role 1978 film drama starring Brooke Shields and Keith Carradine 2015 action film starring Paul Rudd in the title role as Scott Lang 1806 novel by Maria Edgeworth 007 (4) 1957 stage play by Samuel Beckett 1987 action film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Carl Weathers 2002 novel by Nicholas Blincoe 2003 Channel 4 film starring David Morrissey and Michael Sheen 1886 novel by R L Stevenson 1938 annexation of Austria by Germany — shun class (anag) (9) 1 (3) 2003 novel by Andy McNab 1856 novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe subtitled A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp 1989 musical set in Vietnam (4,6) 2015 film drama starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Forest Whitaker 1976 novel by Christina Stead subtitled The Suburban Wife 1796 novel by Fanny Burney subtitled A Picture of Youth 2000 action film directed by and starring Clint Eastwood with Tommy Lee Jones, James Garner and Donald Sutherland 1940s' jazz style (5) 24 April, so stormy (7) 1965 stage play by N F Simpson 1961 film drama starring Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe 1971 film thriller for which Jane Fonda won a Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar 1849 novel by Charlotte Bronte 2000 film drama starring Joshua Jackson and Paul Walker 1760 yards (4) 1979 film drama starring Ray Winstone and Mick Ford 1980 Olympic men's high jump gold medallist 1995 action film starring Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek 1983 film comedy directed by and starring Woody Allen 1981 novel by the late Alasdair Gray 1965 film drama starring Sean Connery and Harry Andrews 1984 adventure film starring Jeff Bridges in the title role 1853 opera by Giuseppe Verdi 2010 film drama written and directed by Peter Mullan 1974 biopic starring Dustin Hoffman in the title role 1680 opera by Jean-Baptiste Lully 1880 novel by Emile Zola 2015 novel by Rosie Harris 1939 novel by Patrick White 1987 novel by Carl Hiaasen featuring the character Dickie Lockhart 2000 film comedy starring Tim Meadows and Karyn Parsons 1816 novel by Jane Austen 2003 action film starring Eric Bana as Bruce Banner 1820 novel by Walter Scott 1966 novel by Agatha Christie 2015 animated film starring the voice talent of Amy Poehler and Phyllis Smith 24 hours (3) 1980 Olympic men's 100m gold medallist 1980 film drama starring Robert Redford and Yaphet Kotto 1974 film musical starring Lucille Ball 1965 science fiction novel by Frank Herbert 1970 biopic starring George C Scott 1980 Wimbledon ladies' singles tennis champion who had won the 1971 title under her maiden name, Goolagong 1938 film comedy starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy 2004 comedy-drama film starring Kate Hudson in the title role 1994 film drama starring Jodie Foster in the title role 14 made of a single piece of material with a hole in the middle (6) 2008 comedy-drama film starring Emma Roberts and Natasha Richardson 2012 Olympics individual field event won by Ivan Ukhov and Anna Chicherova in their respective competitions 1946 film thriller starring Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman 1870 opera by Giuseppe Verdi 1956 Marilyn Monroe film — where to get on or off? (3,4) 1981 novel by William Wharton 1958 film thriller starring James Stewart and Kim Novak 1977 David Lynch film drama featuring Laurel Near as Lady in the Radiator 1931 film for which Wallace Beery won a Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar 1977 stage play by Howard Brenton 1987 film comedy starring Dan Aykroyd and Tom Hanks 100 exist because of him (5) 1941 one-act play by Tennessee Williams 1927 film drama starring Clara Bow; the first Best Picture Oscar winner 2013 horror romcom starring Nicholas Hoult and Teresa Palmer 1989 film drama featuring Ian McKellen as John Profumo 1960s US television sitcom whose title character is a talking horse 1994 story collection by Will Self 2002 sci-fi film starring Mel Gibson and Joaquin Phoenix 2009 debut novel by M R Hall 1987 film drama starring Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep 100 being tried in the competition (7) 2006 adventure film starring Edward Speleers in the title role 1984 rugby league Challenge Cup winners 100 being tried in the competition (7) 1950 film drama starring Marlon Brando and Teresa Wright 1938 Evelyn Waugh novel featuring Lord Copper 50 per cent 100 being tried in the competition (7) 1988 horror film starring Kevin Dillon and Shawnee Smith 1881 novel by Johanna Spyri 1983 film drama directed by and starring Barbra Streisand 1974 fantasy film starring Sean Connery and Charlotte Rampling 2003 biopic whose star, Salma Hayek, was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar 1972 novel by Harry Crews 1958 film comedy starring William Hartnell and Bob Monkhouse 2011 film thriller starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Michelle Monaghan 1953 Alfred Hitchcock film thriller starring Montgomery Clift and Anne Baxter 1929 opera by Elisabeth Hauptmann, Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill 1957 novel by Max Frisch 50-50 chance 1928 film starring Lillian Gish and Lars Hanson based on a novel by Dorothy Scarborough 1973 film comedy starring, directed and co-written by Woody Allen 2012 animated film featuring the voice talent of John C Reilly in the title role 1858 novel by Anthony Trollope 1970 novel by Ngaio Marsh 2001 sporting biopic starring Will Smith in the title role 1999 film starring Brad Pitt, Edward Norton and Helena Bonham Carter (5,4) 1965 Wilson Pickett song, In the Midnight ___ (4) 1963 novel by John Fowles 1977 film comedy starring John Denver and George Burns 50 per cent 2002 Grand National-winning horse 1965 comedy-western film starring Jane Fonda in the title role 1997 novel by Joyce Carol Oates 2007 film comedy starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb 2013 crime film starring James McAvoy, Vincent Cassel and Rosario Dawson 2014 film thriller starring James Franco and Kate Hudson 2015 novel by Danielle Steel 1995 family film featuring James Cromwell as Farmer Arthur H Hoggett 1941 Agatha Christie novel featuring Tommy and Tuppence Beresford 2006 film drama starring Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova 2000 film drama starring Susan Lynch in the title role 2007 horror film starring Hilary Swank and David Morrissey 2012 film drama starring Matthew McConaughey in the title role 1992 novel by Dirk Bogarde 2008 romcom starring Jim Carrey and Zooey Deschanel 2003 film comedy starring Billy Bob Thornton 1982 novel by Kurt Vonnegut 1982 short story collection by Frederick Forsyth 2015 film thriller starring Danny Huston and Matthew Goode 1991 adventure film starring Bill Campbell and Jennifer Connelly 1981 film thriller featuring Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez in the title role 21A & 14D The —, 1771 novel by Tobias Smollett (10,2,7,7) 2005 action film starring Jason Statham and Ray Liotta 2009 novel by Iain Banks 2004 film thriller starring Leigh Whannell and Cary Elwes 3 vehicle clamped in Kensington Gardens (5) 1986 West End stage musical by Tim Rice, Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus 22 making a resting place (7) 3 up - that's the upper limit! (3) 1975 and 1979 winners of the Cricket World Cup 1998 film drama starring Ian McKellen and Brad Renfro 22 making a resting place (7) 3 up - that's the upper limit! (3) 2000s sitcom with Alexander Armstrong and Doon Mackichan 2002 Ascot Gold Cup-winning horse 1968 Broadway stage play by Neil Simon 22 making a resting place (7) 3 up - that's the upper limit! (3) 1994 action film starring Keanu Reeves and Dennis Hopper 2004 film thriller starring Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx 1950 novel by Edna Ferber 1929 Wimbledon men's singles tennis champion 1964 Olympic 800m and 1,500m gold medallist 1927 novel by Upton Sinclair 1979 film drama starring Sally Field in the Oscar-winning title role 2003 novel by Bernard Cornwell 1647 opera by Luigi Rossi 1983 Salman Rushdie novel shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2022 Nato candidate (6) 2013 novel by William Boyd 2011 animated film starring the voice talent of Johnny Depp and Isla Fisher 2014 comedy-drama film starring Gemma Arterton in the title role 2001 film drama starring Dougray Scott and Kate Winslet 2015 film comedy starring Ed Helms and Christina Applegate 30 days of spring each year - about 49 after the middle of March 2015 film animation starring the voice talent of Sandra Bullock and Jon Hamm 1937 novel by John Creasey also published as The Man in the Blue Mask 2008 film drama starring Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman 2007 Dubai World Cup-winning horse 2000 film drama starring Peter Mullan and Milla Jovovich 1862 novel by Wilkie Collins 2004 novel by Harlan Coben 1816 novel by Jane Austen 2005 action film starring Karl Urban as John Grimm 1949 film comedy starring, written and directed by Jacques Tati 17 not seen as item in programme? 100 Mediterranean islanders making building material (8) 1968 film comedy starring Jackie Gleason and Carol Channing 1995 Iain Banks novel 2002 novel by Minette Walters 1870 novel by Laurence Oliphant subtitled A Fragment of Contemporary Biography 1900 opera by Giacomo Puccini 4,840 square yards (4) 17th century diarist (6) 1945 novel by Christopher Isherwood 1981 film drama for which Warren Beatty won a Best Director Oscar 1987 action film starring James Woods and the late Brian Dennehy 1999 film drama starring Anthony Hopkins and Cuba Gooding Jr 1973 Derby winner ridden by Edward Hide 2 is one, and 13 endlessly mixed up (5) 2008 novel by Sebastian Faulks writing as Ian Fleming 1985 novel by Patrick Suskind 2002 film thriller starring Al Pacino and Robin Williams 1997 action film starring Demi Moore and Viggo Mortensen 2014 film drama starring Russell Crowe in the title role 1880 novel by Lew Wallace subtitled A Tale of the Christ 1987 novel by Clive Barker 1942 winner of the PGA Championship 2013 animated film featuring the voice talent of Colin Farrell and Josh Hutcherson 1845 novel by Benjamin Disraeli subtitled The Two Nations 1847 novel by Herman Melville 1950s youth sub-culture (5,4) 1906 stage play by John Galsworthy 1994 stage play by Yasmina Reza 1970 film drama starring James Fox and Mick Jagger 1960 novel by Dennis Wheatley 2009-12 World Hurdle-winning horse at Cheltenham 1968 Olympic men's pole vault gold medallist 2001 romcom starring John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale 1985 film comedy starring Michael Caine and Valerie Perrine 1982 novel by Shirley Conran 2004 novel by pseudonymous writing duo P J Tracy 1941 allegorical novel by Rex Warner 1985 fantasy film starring Tom Cruise and Mia Sara 1973 biopic starring Al Pacino in the title role 1926 Edna Ferber novel 1987 novel by Tom Clancy 2009 biopic starring Jamie Foxx as Nathaniel Ayers 1972 horror film starring Lee Harcourt Montgomery whose title character is a rat 24 hours (3) 2012 novel by Irvine Welsh 1996 novel by Patrick McGrath 18th century clergymen brothers Charles and John (6) 2004 action film featuring Brad Pitt as Achilles 1996 novel by Frederick Forsyth 1933 film comedy featuring Groucho Marx as Rufus T Firefly 1985 sci-fi film starring Don Ameche and Wilford Brimley 24 hours during which everything seems to go wrong? (3,4,3) 1920s dance 1984 film thriller starring Craig Wasson and Melanie Griffith 2010 romcom starring Emma Stone and Penn Badgley 1998 action film starring Wesley Snipes in the title role 1994 film drama starring Jodie Foster in the title role 1979 Grand National-winning horse ridden by Maurice Barnes 1962 novel by James Clavell 18th-century card game whose name derives from the Spanish word for man 1936 family film starring Shirley Temple in the title role 4840 square yards 40 per cent of the total thus in addition (4) 1983 novel by Bernard MacLaverty 2010 comedy-drama film starring Ewan McGregor and Christopher Plummer 2003 action-comedy film starring Eddie Murphy and Owen Wilson 1979 novel by Nelson DeMille and Thomas Block 62.5% turn back on time as Queen (5) 1962 film drama starring Tony Curtis and Yul Brynner 1931 comedy-drama film starring, directed and written by Charlie Chaplin 1998 novel by Hanif Kureishi 1945 film drama starring Humphrey Bogart and Alexis Smith 1985 film comedy starring Eileen Brennan as Mrs Peacock 1928 collection of stories by W Somerset Maugham subtitled The British Agent 1998 Commonwealth decathlon gold medallist 2003 film comedy starring Will Ferrell and James Caan 15 as an inducement (6) 2nd Greek letter (4) 1961 film drama starring Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe 2010 animated film starring the voice talent of Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi 1998 film comedy starring Marlon Wayans and David Spade 2012 film drama starring Matthew McConaughey in the title role 366 days 2008 action film starring Shia LaBeouf and Michelle Monaghan 1992 family film starring Charles Grodin and Bonnie Hunt 2006 fantasy film starring Lee Pace and Justine Waddell 1957 novel by Frederick Kohner subtitled The Little Girl with Big Ideas 1988 novel by Ian Rankin 1988 film comedy starring Tom Hanks and Elizabeth Perkins 1960s ATV puppet series whose central character was Mike Mercury 1971 novel by Philip Roth 2013 novel by Dan Brown 1968 Beatles song, written by Paul McCartney (6,7) 1988 comedy-drama film starring Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey 365 days 1980 stage play by Alan Bennett 22 across, India, a 22 across (7) 22 across in rift: annoyed about that (9) 22 19 14 24 down in US city (6) 22 across observing king's abdication? Don't hold your breath! (2,3) 12 up for 14 (4,4) 22 19 14 24 down idiotic? (6) 22 across, not a 14 22 across (4) 2005 film thriller starring Jodie Foster and Peter Sarsgaard 1977 novel by Craig Thomas 1916 Arnold Bennett novel in The Clayhanger Family series 1957 novel by Vladimir Nabokov 1997 sci-fi/horror film starring Laurence Fishburne and Sam Neill 2009 stage play by Lucy Prebble 1968 Broadway rock musical (4) 2007 World Championships 100m and 200m gold medallist 1970s ITV drama series created by Brian Clemens 1970 novel by Peter McCurtin 1983 novel by Margaret Millar 1993 film drama starring David Thewlis and Lesley Sharp 1997 film comedy starring Llyr and Rhys Ifans 1949 comedy-drama film starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn 2012 comedy-drama film starring Channing Tatum in the title role 3 for baseball (8) 1987 action-comedy film starring Richard Dreyfuss and Emilio Estevez 2007 novel by Eric Brown 1848 novel by Elizabeth Gaskell 1988 action film starring Steven Seagal and Pam Grier 1995 novel by Nick Hornby 1981 novel by William Wharton 11th-century Castilian soldier born Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar 50 per cent 1992 horror film starring Gary Oldman in the title role 1997 comedy-drama film starring Janeane Garofalo and Mitch Rouse 1999 novel by Kate Tremayne 2000s US television series starring Scott Bakula as Captain Jonathan Archer 2011 animated film featuring the voice talent of Jesse Eisenberg and Anne Hathaway 2003 novel by Sara Paretsky 1988 novel by Michael Dibdin 15 location's endless wine (6) 2 or 4, for example, feeling less sensation? (4,6) 150 always bright (6) 2002 novel by Michael Crichton 1953 film Western starring John Wayne and Geraldine Page 1950s political movement in Cyprus led by Georgeios Grivas (inits) 2003 novel by Chris Ryan 2010 action film starring Angelina Jolie in the title role 2001 Peter Parnell stage play about Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman 2001 film drama starring Gene Hackman and Danny DeVito 1954 novel by Kingsley Amis 1995 comedy-drama film starring Jonny Lee Miller and Angelina Jolie 20 will shortly produce a projectile (5) 100 admit to being inexperienced (6) 2 not at sea (6) 1831 opera by Vincenzo Bellini 1967 volume of prose and verse by Ted Hughes 2005 biopic starring Leo Gregory as Brian Jones 1975 novel by E L Doctorow 1974 action film starring Richard Harris and Omar Sharif 1993 science fiction novel by Stephen Baxter 1981 novel by Stephen King 1935 opera by Alban Berg 1996 novel by Patrick McGrath 1984 and 1988 Olympic men's 110m hurdles gold medallist 1953 film western starring Alan Ladd in the title role 1981 novel by Dan Kavanagh aka Julian Barnes 1945 George Orwell novel subtitled A Fairy Story 1971 comedy-crime film starring Albert Finney and Billie Whitelaw 1935 stage play by Clifford Odets 1933 historical biography by Dennis Wheatley subtitled A Private Life of Charles II 1973 biopic starring Al Pacino in the title role 1977 Broadway musical, winner of seven Tony Awards (5) 1960 film thriller starring Carl Boehm and Moira Shearer 2004 debut novel by Martin Sixsmith 1998 novel by Irvine Welsh 2005 memoir by Frank McCourt 1963 film drama that starred Paul Newman in the title role 1856 novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe subtitled A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp 1958 novel by Iris Murdoch 1969 Wimbledon men's singles tennis champion 14th-century Japanese warrior hired for espionage and assassinations (5) 2003 film thriller starring Halle Berry and Robert Downey Jr 2008 animated film featuring the voice talent of John Travolta and Miley Cyrus 15th-century Florentine priest and artist noted for his frescoes at Prato cathedral 1990s BBC TV drama series starring Mark Greenstreet and Susannah York 1992 historical thriller by Robert Harris 1973 stage play by Trevor Griffiths 1983 film drama starring Gene Hackman and Rutger Hauer 19th-century Bohemian dance with three steps and a hop 2003 film thriller starring John Cusack and Ray Liotta 1975 Wimbledon men's singles tennis champion 1813 opera by Gioachino Rossini 1979 action film starring Roger Moore as James Bond 1817 poem by Robert Byron later adapted musically by Robert Schumann 1870 opera by Giuseppe Verdi 1948 film noir starring 4 — Florida island (3,5) 1946 film noir starring 1 across — of ill-repute (9) 1959 William Burroughs novel 2060 —, minor planet discovered in 1977 whose orbit lies between those of Saturn and Uranus 1951 John Van Druten stage play based on The Berlin Stories by Christopher Isherwood 1989 European Athletics Indoor Championships men's 200m gold medallist 2002 novel by Carl Hiaasen 2006 film drama starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett 1980 novel by Desmond Bagley 1941 Agatha Christie novel featuring Tommy and Tuppence Beresford 1987 novel by Jonathan Kellerman 2005 novel by Sara Paretsky 1964-66 Cheltenham Gold Cup-winning horse 1959 war film starring Gregory Peck and Harry Guardino 1992 horror film starring Virginia Madsen and Tony Todd 17th-century Japanese poet best known for the book The Narrow Road to the Deep North 2009 film drama starring Sam Rockwell as Sam Bell 1955 children's book by Kay Thompson 2000 comedy-drama film featuring Gwyneth Paltrow and Huey Lewis 2012 novel by Jodi Picoult 1999 film comedy starring Matthew Broderick and Reese Witherspoon 1999 memoir by Frank McCourt 1994 film drama starring Jodie Foster in the title role 1998 novel by David Almond 1847 novel by Herman Melville 2014 Grand National-winning horse 1983 novel by Elmore Leonard 1981 Grand National-winning jockey on Aldaniti 2010 romcom starring Emma Stone and Penn Badgley 7 as a consumer (4) 12 mostly are half asleep (5) 1696 stage play by John Vanbrugh 1969 science fiction novel by Philip K Dick 1908 stage play by George Bernard Shaw 1996 stage play by Enda Walsh 2002 novel by Veronica Henry 1970 novel by Peter Tinniswood 2013 action film starring Tom Cruise and Morgan Freeman 2008 action film starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe 1987 romcom starring Kim Basinger and Bruce Willis 2005 animated film featuring the voice talent of Mel Brooks and Jim Broadbent 1900 opera by Giacomo Puccini 1982 novel by Shirley Conran 19th-century intellectual's works (4) 2012 action film starring Jason Statham and Catherine Chan 1982 action film starring Jeff Bridges as Kevin Flynn 1837 novel by Benjamin Disraeli 2003 fantasy film starring Kate Beckinsale and Scott Speedman 1996 novel by Frederick Forsyth 2008 comedy-drama film directed by and starring George Clooney 1937 volume of four stories by John Steinbeck whose central character is Jody Tiflin 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet 2002 novel by Irvine Welsh 1997 horror film starring Penelope Ann Miller and Tom Sizemore 1980s BBC TV sitcom which starred Ronnie Corbett as Timothy Lumsden 2005 action film starring Christian Bale, Freddy Rodriguez and Eva Longoria 1962 action film featuring Joseph Wiseman in the title role 1415 battle in France won by England under Henry V 1903 oil by John William Waterhouse named after the Greek god of the north wind 2007 novel by Kate Mosse 2015 comedy-horror film starring Adam Scott and Toni Collette 2002 film thriller starring Al Pacino and Robin Williams 2008 film drama starring Viggo Mortensen and Jason Isaacs 1920 novel by Colette 2001 animated film featuring the voice talent of Mike Myers and Eddie Murphy 1970s US television series starring George Peppard in the title role as a Boston-based insurance investigator 2011 film comedy starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost 1988 film comedy starring Tom Hanks and Elizabeth Perkins 1921 film drama starring Rudolph Valentino in the title role 366 days (4,4) 1872 novel by Samuel Butler 1987 film thriller starring Cher and Dennis Quaid 1992 novel by Esther Freud 1879 opera by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 1859 George Eliot novel featuring the character Hetty Sorrel 1948 crime film starring Humphrey Bogart and Edward G Robinson 1983 biopic starring Meryl Streep in the title role 2015 action film starring Daniel Craig and Christoph Waltz 1996 film thriller starring Mel Gibson and Rene Russo 5 British chessmen found here (5) 510 — number of the beast? (4) 1975 crime drama film starring Robert Shaw and Richard Roundtree 200th anniversary 1966 Grand National-winning horse 1977 film comedy starring John Denver and George Burns 1990 Roald Dahl children's book featuring the character Mr Hoppy 1974 film musical starring Lucille Ball in the title role 1942 Walt Disney film animation based on a story by Felix Salten 1984 novel by Dick Francis 1959 romcom starring Rock Hudson and Doris Day 1981 novel by William Wharton 1882 Gilbert and Sullivan operetta subtitled The Peer and the Peri 1992 novel by Dirk Bogarde 1991 family film starring Dustin Hoffman in the title role 1998 action film starring Wesley Snipes in the title role 1956 comedy-musical film starring Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds 2014 biopic starring David Oyelowo as Martin Luther King Jr 28lb for 25 cents (7) 19th-century Bohemian dance with three steps and a hop 2008 film centred on a primary school teacher, written and directed by Mike Leigh (5-2-5) 1964 crime film starring Melina Mercouri and Peter Ustinov 1988 novel by Terry Pratchett 2015 biopic starring Johnny Depp as Whitey Bulger 1975 Iris Murdoch novel whose central character is Hilary Burde 1999 novel by Martina Cole 1985 and 1992 European Indoor Championships women's 800m gold medallist 1942 film musical starring Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire 1885 novel by Emile Zola 1944 novel by Anya Seton 1976 novel by Tom Sharpe 2003 novel by Robert Harris 1960 film drama featuring David Farrar and Christopher Lee 1966 comedy-drama film starring Donald Pleasence and Francoise Dorleac 1976 film drama starring Faye Dunaway, William Holden and Peter Finch 2011 film drama starring Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan 1951 action film starring Burt Lancaster and Jody Lawrance 1976 novel by William Goldman 1999 film comedy starring Matthew McConaughey in the title role 1760 yards (4) 1938 Evelyn Waugh novel, satirising foreign correspondents in Ethiopia (5) 500 years old? That's very old! (4) 27 is out to frolic and run naked (6) 50 also worked by the farmer (4) 50 also worked by the farmer (4) 6 June 1944 (1-3) 1970s' sitcom created by John Cleese and Connie Booth (6,6) 1001 and not a young person! 1982 Aretha Franklin album — put to Jim (anag) (4,2,2) 9 this from recycled plutonium — guards look back, leaving depleted uranium (9) 500 playing the piano like idiots (7) 20 22: up for something sweet? (5,4) 20 22, island beverage primarily: something restorative about it (4,5) 1940s' style for men, with padded shoulders — Oz sitout (anag) (4,4) 23 mean to eat bread regularly (8) 6 10 marathon winner (9) 1651 battle where Cromwell's army routed an army from Scotland led by Charles II (9) 500 against adult being bitten by naughty canine earlier (2,7) 500 to 1 it's finished (4) 9 with nothing for a portent (4) 4 down, 1 to go — lay waste (7) 90% discount on opening of neighbourhood business — approach succeeded — they make some noise (5,5) 1933 Marx Brothers film (4,4) 7 for good measure robed in uplifting colours (7) 7 insect of old (10) 7 solving crossword? (8) 7 anchovies, for example? (7) 7 bird (6) 5p bagel also in news (7) 1958 Elvis musical drama film (4,6) 1993 film starring Bill Murray, who experiences déjà vu (9,3) 2017 Disney film (4) 1963 film starring Tom Courtenay (5,4) 150 have fallen for this plant (6) 1862 Victor Hugo novel (3,10) 100 - 81 (8) 13 down (4) 3 writer? Yes, working through pages (5) 2nd Greek letter (4) 24 hours (3) 13's remedy needs no skill initially (4) 100 undergoing trials in competition (7) 112 lbs (or one twentieth of a UK ton) (13) 21 across includes celebration for pop star 1 Republican leaving a sleazy, empty bar 21 specialist artist discontented with gold frames 1 should know these domestic, local laws 20 flowery parts (6) 21 leading (6) 1968 Simon & Garfunkel song (7) 3 last seen in coat pocket (4) 7 held up claw of cat perhaps (9) 6A's observation on excessive tabloid exposure? 25's old man in check on French city 100 not entirely competent people backing one that can climb to the top? 4x4 car, not Rover or Sierra (5) 2006 Amy Winehouse song (5) 1967 film starring Dustin Hoffman (3,8) 1976 film starring Dustin Hoffman (8,3) 6A engineer's letter once held by British Library 6A artist edges closer to notoriety 26 times a year (8) 100 get Heather to behave like Ivy (5) 48-hour period (7) 1950s' countercultural figure (7) 1 in 7 is not happy (6) 1959 film with Monroe, Lemmon and Curtis (4,4,2,3) 1 down's communication (4) 19 — 27, for example (6) 1 down's 19 (6) 19 — 15, for example (7) 1,000,000,000,000 (8) 25 December (4) 7 21 and 14 caught Dennis and Edward? 19 Weapon (5) 151 is not a normal product (5) 100 being tried out in competition (7) 10 in river shortened with stick (10) 25 Across, 5 Down turned up after following string along 1 Across? I don't know ... 100 girls in student groups (7) 12d or so a boy kept handy 7: one held up by Matisse after some tickling? (7,3) 28 24's; deck full of them? 3 17 Down 3 which is likely to be green? 1009 in the lead? What a muddle! (3-2) 1009 in the lead? What a muddle! (3-2) 10,000 square metres (7) 1009 in the lead? What a muddle! (3-2) 100 using leg or arm to go higher (5) 1897 gothic horror novel (7) 500 homes tidy up mess, say (6,4) 1971 Visconti film based on a Thomas Mann novella (5,2,6) 5's porn star lady is monster when misused 1988 film starring Bruce Willis (3,4) — one strongly opposing change (7) 19th-century French novelist and poet (4) 25 slides to slide around with nobody on them 1976 Martin Scorsese film starring Robert De Niro (4,6) 5's 10 8 who riles press, no worries, drinking Australia dry 1000 assorted clues to body tissue (6) 50 per cent untouched by old player? (4,4) 1948 Hitchcock film, starring James Stewart (4) 1000 assorted clues to body tissue (6) 50 per cent untouched by old player? (4,4) 1000 assorted clues to body tissue (6) 50 per cent untouched by old player? (4,4) 3 (4) 100 having a breather on the topmost point (5) 10 o'clock will see the dunderhead present himself (6) 1980 and 1984 Olympic 1500 metres gold medallist (3) 6, you and I return to look at (4)