The Guardian Weekend puzzle clues 2024 Oct 05

• 2006 comedy for which Abigail Breslin was nominated for an Oscar (6,4,8) Crossword Clue
• 7/17's predecessor in the role (7,5) Crossword Clue
• __ Brezhnev, Soviet leader 1964-1982 (6) Crossword Clue
• __ Close, actor who won a Golden Globe for her performance in The Wife (2017) (5) Crossword Clue
• Controversial owner of X (4,4) Crossword Clue
• Cultural exhibition held every two years in Italy (6,8) Crossword Clue
• Dramatic monologue by Tennyson beginning, "It little profits that an idle king … " (7) Crossword Clue
• Elizabeth __, Victorian biographer (7) Crossword Clue
• French prime minister appointed September 2024 (6,7) Crossword Clue
• Greek hero who slew Hector at the gates of Troy (8) Crossword Clue
• Ian __, author of the Rebus novels (6) Crossword Clue
• Jonas __, developer of the first polio vaccine (4) Crossword Clue
• Member of a religious sect known for their minimalist furniture designs (6) Crossword Clue
• Movie in which Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire danced cheek to cheek? (3,3) Crossword Clue
• Pejorative term for Republicans deemed insufficiently ideologically aligned (4) Crossword Clue
• Scottish slang for a fool (6) Crossword Clue
• See 11 Crossword Clue
• See 23 Across Crossword Clue
• See 24 Crossword Clue
• See 7 Crossword Clue
• Susannah __, actor remembered for They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) (4) Crossword Clue
• Twyla __, choreographer (5) Crossword Clue
• W.H. __, poet whose works included Funeral Blues (5) Crossword Clue