Children in Need, EarthShot Prize, Animals, Jamaica and The Ashes

Crossword Solutions:

Across: 1&3 The Mall; 5 Cave; 6 Ripe; 8 Shop; 11 Eye; 12 Year; 15 Odes; 16 Iran; 17 Data; 18 Art.

Down: 1 Tees; 2 Echo; 3 Mersey; 4 Lie; 7 Pisa; 9 Hood; 10 Persia; 13 Etna; 14 Root; 15 Odd.