Across
- 5. Surname of the family in the Sound of Music (3,5)
- 6. What is Germany's most famous grape (8)
- 8. largest desert in the world (10)
- 10. the world's newest recognised country (2011) (5,5)
- 13. a mountain lake (4)
- 16. best picture winner Oscars 2023 (10,10,3,2,4)
- 17. author of the Discworld series of books (5,9)
- 18. Oxford dictionary 2023 word of the year (4)
- 20. name of the snowman in the the film Frozen (4)
- 22. Swedish author who died in 2004 (5,7)
- 23. the name given to the text of an opera (8)
- 24. name of Bogart's character in Casablanca (4,6)
Down
- 1. His actual name is Arthur Traver Harris (born 1892) (6,5)
- 2. What grape is Beaujolais made from (5)
- 3. Spanish word for family (7)
- 4. He starred in "Somewhere in Camp" (1942) (5,6)
- 7. Frank Sinatra's character in the film (1955) Guys and Dolls (6,7 )
- 9. golf course hosting the next Ryder Cup (8)
- 11. Scotland's national animal (7)
- 12. winner of SPOTY 2023 (4,5)
- 14. Happy Christmas in Spanish (5,7)
- 15. longest running West End musical (3,10)
- 19. current mens all around gymnastic world champion(5,9)
- 21. She wrote Emma (4,6)