Daily Mirror - 27.08.2019

mirror.co.uk TUESDAY 27.08.2019 DAILY MIRROR^27

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ACROSS

1 Diminish (6)

4 Dishonest

scheme (4)

7 US state (4)

8 Desisted (6)

9 Diplomacy (4)

10 Kiln (4)

12 Urn (4)

14 Lettuce (3)

16 Self-image (3)

17 Seldom seen (4)

20 Beverages (4)

23 Rotate (4)

24 Salary (6)

25 Roman poet (4)

26 Repudiate (4)

27 Encipher (6)

DOWN

1 Undergarments (5)

2 Wander (4)

3 Prestige (5)

4 Fill to satisfaction (4)

5 Luck (6)

6 Pals (5)

11 Change

direction (4)

13 Atmosphere (4)

15 Ointment (6)

16 Loosened (5)

18 Remark made to the

audience (5)

19 Pancake (5)

21 Resentment (4)

22 Equine

sport (4)

ACROSS

1 Withdraw from

psychiatrist (6)

4 His camera

captured fraud (4)

7 A hut sadly in a state (4)

8 Stopped solving

case with journalist (6)

9 Reportedly

nailed sensitivity (4)

10 Hot place in Coventry (4)

12 Save broken receptacle (4)

14 Produce island

broadcast (3)

16 The golfer’s conceit (3)

17 Unusual not

to be well done (4)

20 Drinks ruined seat (4)

23 Drive pins round (4)

24 Earnings are mine,

working with firm (6)

25 Poet depicting void (4)

26 Refuse to study

unknown (4)

27 Once ran from

French convert (6)

DOWN

1 Hit with small underwear (5)

2 Explore in capital, say (4)

3 Dusk improved

with old glory (5)

4 Satisfy senate has

no space (4)

5 Random opportunity (6)

6 Friends out of steam (5)

11 Ever-changing swerve (4)

13 Gold gives artist quality (4)

15 Behold, transformed

into medication (6)

16 Relaxed and stopped,

not having started (5)

18 Whisper to a team (5)

19 Creep off to

get some food (5)

21 Coven vying

with deadly sin (4)

22 Played pool or

another game (4)

Quizword & Crossword

Quizword

Crossword

Cryptic clues

Quick clues

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ACROSS

6 Public school in

Godalming, Surrey,

founded in 1611 (12)

8 Peter —, Best Actor

in a Supporting

Role Oscar winner

for Topkapi (7)

9 Spanish wine with

a vanilla bouquet

produced around

the Ebro river (5)

10 and 18 Down The —,

1994 short story

collection by

Irvine Welsh (4,5)

12 and 2 Down 1896

novel by Arthur

Conan Doyle (6,5)

14 Russell —,

author of novels

Riddley Walker

and Kleinzeit (5)

15 Festival of the

Christian Church

commemorating

the Resurrection

of Christ (6)

16 Tony —, US golfer;

1964 winner of

The Open

Championship (4)

19 Deborah Kara —,

actress who played

Dahlia Gillespie in

2006 horror film

Silent Hill (5)

21 The —, 1985 adventure

film starring Sean Astin

and Josh Brolin (7)

22 1818 novel by

Mary Shelley (12)

DOWN

1 and 6 Down 1937

adventure film for

which Spencer Tracy

won a Best Actor

in a Leading Role

Oscar (8,10)

2 See 12 Across

3 George —, editor

of a famous

Dictionary of Music

and Musicians who

died in 1900 (5)

4 Whiskey distilled

from maize, malt

and rye and aged in

white oak barrels (7)

5 Capital of Norway (4)

6 See 1 Down

7 US cartoonist

who created The

Far Side series (4,6)

11 Large earth-boring

dung beetle (3)

12 Type of Algerian

popular music (3)

13 Jarkko —, 2006

Heineken Open

singles tennis

tournament

winner (8)

14 Soft-finned food

fish such as the

Atlantic — and

Pacific — (7)

17 Spiro —, US

vice president

from 1969-73 (5)

18 See 10 Across

20 Department

of southwest France;

capital Auch (4)

ACROSS

6 Anxious or fearful

anticipation (12)

8 Pushover? (7)

9 Leisurely walk (5)

10 Group

of three (4)

12 Disorderly

crowd (6)

14 Assistants (5)

15 Keyboard

instruments (6)

16 Settee (4)

19 Representative (5)

21 Foretell (7)

22 Fast food item (12)

DOWN

1 About to happen (8)

2 Short steel crowbar (5)

3 Men’s public lavatory (5)

4 To the extent that (2,3,2)

5 Burial vault (4)

6 Added or

supplementary (10)

7 Patron (10)

11 Belonging to him (3)

12 Snooker ball colour (3)

13 Reservations (8)

14 One more (7)

17 Rapidity (5)

18 Player’s first game (5)

20 Repeated sound (4)

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BOX1: In EastEnders,

The Queen Victoria

pub is at the corner

of Albert Square

and which street?

Bridge Street (M)

George Street (D)

Turpin Way (A)

BOX2: How

many girls are in

the Famous Five

in Enid Blyton’s

book series?

One (L)

Two (E)

Three (U)

BOX3: Which

Oxford college

did Margaret

Thatcher attend?

Somerville (N)

Balliol (S)

Magdalen (W)

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ranine be defined?

Frog-like (G)

Mouse-like (E)

Elephant-like (Y)

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the following film

festivals does

the best picture

receive the Golden

Bear award?

Cannes (D)

Berlin (R)

Sundance (P)

BOX6: In music,

by which name

is Shawn Carter

better known?

Eminem (A)

Jay-Z (I)

Kanye West (T)

BOX7: Which

country witnessed

an Orange

Revolution between

2004 and 2005?

Portugal (B)

Turkey (J)

Ukraine (N)

BOX8: How many

Y chromosomes

do men have?

None (K)

One (N)

Two (I)

BOX9: How many

years of schooling

do Hogwarts

students usually

do in the Harry

Potter universe?

Five (F)

Seven (O)

Nine (B)

BOX10: What is

the real first name

of singer Rihanna

(pictured)?

Robyn (W)

Rebecca (H)

Raine (U)

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