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ACROSS 1 Margery, author of the novels Mystery Mile and The Case of the Late Pig (9) 8 See 5 Down 9 1945 opera by Benjamin Britten (5,6) 11 and 23 Best Actress in a Supporting Role Oscar winner for Reds (7,9) 12 RC, England cricketer who took 3-30 against Namibia in the 2003 World Cup (5) 13 Heinrich, composer of the first German opera Dafne (6) 15 Novel by Robert Bloch featuring the Bates Motel (6) 17 Scholar who is an interpreter or expounder of Islamic law (5) 18 Marine fish such as Zoarces viviparus (7) 20 Armless marble Greek statue housed in the Louvre (5,2,4) 22 Broad sash tied in a large bow at the back worn by Japanese women and children as part of the national costume (3) 23 See 11 Across DOWN 2 Ang, director of the 1995 film Sense and Sensibility (3) 3 1964 novel by Dick Francis (5) 4 Keith, US exponent of Graffiti Art who died in 1990 (6) 5, 8 Across and 16 2005 Rob Marshall film featuring Ziyi Zhang in the title role (7,2,1,6) 6 Smooth-textured pasta in short tubes with slanted ends (11) 7 Marsupial of Australia and New Guinea having a long pointed face (9) 10 Orson Welles film starring Charlton Heston as Mike Vargas (5,2,4) 11 Variety of the vine plant Cucumis melo such as the cantaloupe and honeydew (9) 14 Roy, actor who starred as David Vincent in the 1960s television series The Invaders (7) 16 See 5 19 Sir Charles, British geologist and populariser of uniformitarianism who died in 1875 (5) 21 Fifth sign of the zodiac (3)