The Guardian - Weekend crossword No 417 - Dec 29 2018 Crossword Answer

The Guardian - Weekend crossword No 417 - Dec 29 2018 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
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

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