Daily Mirror - 06.09.2019

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ACROSS

3 European (7)

7 Beast (6)

8 Sequin (7)

9 Crafts (4)

11 Poems (4)

12 Of the nose (5)

15 Female sheep (4)

16 Strong wind (4)

17 Apportion (5)

18 Prison room (4)

19 Majority (4)

21 Unrefined (7)

22 Hi-fi (6)

23 Feels remorse (7)

DOWN

1 Performs like

Kanye West? (4)

2 Fortress (7)

3 Endures (5)

4 Mountain range (4)

5 Points of view (8)

6 Sewing

implement (6)

10 Adamant (8)

11 Nocturnal

predator (3)

13 Heraldic cross (7)

14 Everyone (3)

15 Salaried

worker (6)

18 Young horses (5)

19 Yacht feature (4)

20 Frame of mind (4)

ACROSS

3 Vital work by

a new foreigner (7)

7 Brute has

article to mail off (6)

8 Betting corner has

something shiny (7)

9 New star of painting

and music (4)

11 Does translate

some verse (4)

12 Alan’s mad about

the organ (5)

15 Creatures from

the west (4)

16 Break a leg in a storm (4)

17 Distribute a

great deal, say (5)

18 Cancellation

includes room (4)

19 Tom’s broken

more than half (4)

21 Unaffected by a turn

performed by a novice (7)

22 Terse about circle

having two speakers (6)

23 Agent sent out regrets (7)

DOWN

1 Knocks spar about (4)

2 Dialect used in stronghold (7)

3 Survives final son (5)

4 Pals out of range (4)

5 Transport stage, altering

standpoints (8)

6 Irritate with hypodermic (6)

10 Determined to

lose true order (8)

11 Low-flying bird (3)

13 Anger after

sailor gets cross (7)

14 Everything in gallery (3)

15 Student doesn’t start

as a paid worker (6)

18 Youngsters negotiating

cost with student (5)

19 Supporter of sailing? (4)

20 Doom to changing

demeanour (4)

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ACROSS

1 Town southwest

of Rye, East Sussex,

rebuilt after

destruction in 1287

by flooding (10)

8 Nicolas —, painter

whose works include

1638’s Conquest

of Jerusalem by

Emperor Titus (7)

9 Peggy —, comedy

actress who played Mrs

Bumble in 1968 film

musical Oliver! (5)

10 Jack —, English leader

of the Kentish rebellion

against Henry VI

in 1450 (4)

11 See 1 Down

12 River rising in Ukraine

that flows across

southeast Poland to

the Vistula (3)

14 Tree whose small

fleshy rounded

edible fruit contain

a hard stone (6)

15 Unit of measurement

of angles (6)

18 Mammal of the horse

family also called

a donkey (3)

20 Island in the Firth of

Clyde whose only

town is Rothesay (4)

21 Series of six or

more balls bowled

by a cricketer (4)

23 Long-legged doglike

mammal of southern

Asia and Africa (5)

24 Cylindrical packet

of coins (7)

25 Lake —, freshwater

body of water in Florida

that drains to the

Atlantic Ocean via

the Everglades (10)

DOWN

1 and 11 Across

The —, 2017

novel by Annie

Wilkinson (5-2,4)

2 The —, opera by

Dmitri Shostakovich

first performed

in full in 1930 (4)

3 1980 Derby

winner ridden by

Willie Carson (6)

4 University town in

Ceredigion, Wales (8)

5 1973 stage play by

Peter Shaffer (5)

6 Flowering South

American plant

from whose dried

root an emetic

is prepared (11)

7 FIFA president

from 1961-74 (7,4)

13 Game of cards for

two to four players

using a board with

pegs and holes

for scoring (8)

16 Jacques —, French

writer and critic;

author of 1912

collection Etudes (7)

17 Polysaccharide

that occurs widely

in plant tissues (6)

19 2004 film

drama starring

Kristen Stewart and

Elizabeth Perkins (5)

22 M J —, 2014 England

ODI debutant who

made 106 against

West Indies in North

Sound, Antigua (4)

ACROSS

1 Decrease speed (10)

8 Picture mentally (7)

9 Small tropical

lizard (5)

10 Bird’s home (4)

11 Just, unbiased (4)

12 Gratuity (3)

14 Have a meal in a

restaurant (3,3)

15 Newspaper boss (6)

18 Tease (3)

20 Burden (4)

21 Layer of paint (4)

23 Vote in (5)

24 Top conductor (7)

25 Very tall building (10)

DOWN

1 Absolutely (4,3)

2 Casino counter (4)

3 Room for

manouevre (6)

4 Clothing business (3,5)

5 Unspoken (5)

6 Very brave (4-7)

7 Large business or

company (11)

13 Women’s knee-length

trousers (8)

16 Pig’s foot (7)

17 Hot season (6)

19 Opening shot

in snooker (5)

22 Assist (4)

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BOX1: What is the

title of the first book

in the Alex Rider

series of novels by

Anthony Horowitz?

Eagle Strike (E)

Stormbreaker (M)

Scorpia (T)

BOX2: What is

the meaning of

the character

name Simba in

The Lion King?

Son (P)

Prince (U)

Lion (A)

BOX3: What is the

chemical symbol

for Tungsten?

Tg (N)

W (R)

Io (O)

BOX4: The Skeleton

Coast is a feature

of which African

country?

Namibia (I)

Kenya (B)

Tanzania (D)

BOX5: What

name is given to a

traditional Alpine

dress with a close

fitting bodice?

Haferl (E)

Ledhosen (M)

Dirndl (O)

BOX6: What is

the middle name of

actor Richard Gere

(pictured)?

Harrison (K)

Tiffany (C)

Sophocles (Y)

BOX7: What is the

capital of Belize?

Belmopan (J)

Belize City (W)

Barranco (A)

BOX8: In which

decade was the

Neighbourhood

Watch scheme

initiated in

the UK?

1960s (G)

1970s (T)

1980s (A)

BOX9: In

which sport do

matches take

place in a ring

called a dohyo?

Kung fu (F)

Sumo (S)

Judo (E)

BOX10: How

many official

languages does

Luxembourg have?

One (F)

Two (L)

Three (N)

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