The Guardian – Weekend crossword No 417 – Dec 29 2018
Published in The Guardian Weekend. Tags: KHOURI, OAHU, Ridley Scott, SUSAN.
| Clues | Answers |
| 2017 film in which Gary Oldman plays Churchill | DARKEST |
| Active volcano on the island of Hawaii | MAUNALOA |
| Actor who starred in Bull Durham and The Lovely Bones | SUSAN |
| Actor who starred in Cutthroat Island and The Long Kiss Goodnight | GEENA |
| Character played by 13/4 in a 1991 film by Ridley Scott | THELMA |
| Character played by 15/20 in a 1991 film by Ridley Scott | LOUISE |
| Flowering shrub for which the 13th hole at Augusta National Golf Club is named | AZALEA |
| Hawaiian island which includes Honolulu | OAHU |
| Irish province | ULSTER |
| J.C.T. __, hero of a series of children’s novels created by Anthony Buckeridge | JENNINGS |
| Mickey __, author who created Mike Hammer | SPILLANE |
| Name given to a peninsula that includes Yemen, Oman, Qatar and Kuwait | ARABIA |
| Oscar-winning writer of 7 & 23 | CALLIE |
| Ralph Waldo __, essayist and philosopher | EMERSON |
| See 13 Across | DAVIS |
| See 15 | SARANDON |
| See 17 Across | HOUR |
| See 5 | KHOURI |
| Snake of the family Viperidae | ADDER |
| The brightest star system when viewed from earth | SIRIUS |
| The Importance of Being __, play by Oscar Wilde | EARNEST |
| US state and river | OHIO |
| William __, hero – if that’s the word – of Evelyn Waugh’s Scoop (1938) | BOOT |
| __ Park, home to the Earl and Countess of Wessex | BAGSHOT |