Daily Mirror - 05.03.2020

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ACROSS

1 Floating

debris (9)

8 Mud (5)

10 Angry (5)

12 Was seated (3)

13 Add up (3)

14 Level (4)

15 Wilderness (6)

16 Separated (5)

18 Persistent (6)

20 Spellbound (4)

22 Possessive

pronoun (3)

23 Drone (3)

24 Approaches (5)

25 Scope (5)

26 Wet

weather (9)

DOWN

2 Elevate (5)

3 Worry (4)

4 Author (6)

5 Speak in public (5)

6 Climbing (9)

7 Penniless (9)

9 Director (7)

11 Platform (7)

15 Father (3)

17 Human

being (6)

19 African

country (5)

21 Fossil resin (5)

23 Male deer (4)

ACROSS

1 Doctor getting terribly

fit at club? Rubbish (9)

8 Miles away from dirt (5)

10 Furious buccaneer

loses head (5)

12 Relaxed during

conversation (3)

13 Baby’s drink (3)

14 Still in the venture (4)

15 Abandon in the Gobi, say (6)

16 Isolated a component (5)

18 Determined

to be followed (6)

20 Attentive to

the wrong part (4)

22 That woman’s in the right (3)

23 Teach umpire

about smell (3)

24 Gets close from

one arsenal (5)

25 Range of morning section (5)

26 Cloudburst makes Roman

stir uneasily (9)

DOWN

2 Lift gets more money (5)

3 Brood about line on neck (4)

4 Novelist sounds

more correct (6)

5 Talk at zero speed (5)

6 Mounting design

can go wrong (9)

7 Poor duet set it out (9)

9 He runs for a living (7)

11 Sort out strange podium (7)

15 Daughter to notice

another relative (3)

17 For every boy

is individual (6)

19 Hang about on

a bit of land (5)

21 Bream changed colour (5)

23 Creature of compassion,

we hear (4)

Quizword & Crossword

Quizword

Crossword

Cryptic clues

Quick clues

Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other. Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same.

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ACROSS

1 Enchantress in

Greek mythology

who detained Odysseus

on her island (5)

7 Island of Indonesia

formerly known

as Celebes (8)

8 and 19 Down Violinist

after whom the main

auditorium at

Carnegie Hall, New

York is named (5,5)

10 and 11 Down 1983 film

comedy starring Steve

Martin and Kathleen

Turner (3,3,4,3,6)

12 Another name for the

mountain beaver of

North America (8)

14 Expanded part of the

oesophagus in birds in

which food is stored

before passing on to

the gizzard (4)

16 199 5 family film featuring

James Cromwell as

Farmer Hoggett (4)

17 Best Actress in a

Supporting Role Oscar

nominee for The Master,

Junebug, Doubt and

The Fighter (3,5)

20 Thomas —, English poet

and forger who committed

suicide in 1770 (10)

23 Odilon —, French

painter whose works

include 1898’s

Vierge nimbee (5)

24 White, long-bodied,

lop-eared breed of

pork pig developed in

Denmark (8)

25 Short composition

for one instrument

intended as an exercise

for the improvement

of a performer’s

technique (5)

DOWN

1 Stafford —, Chancellor

of the Exchequer

from 1947-50 (6)

2 Old World songbird

with a harsh

chattering cry (4)

3 Pacific island whose

capital is Hagatna (4)

4 Thomas —, political

pamphleteer who

authored 1791’s

Rights of Man (5)

5 Cuban-born musician

married to Lucille Ball

from 1940-60 (4,5)

6 and 2 1 Lighthouse

off the Isles of Scilly

established

in 1858 (6,4)

9 South American

republic whose capital

is Santiago (5)

11 See 10 Across

13 Tall tree affected by

fungal disease DED (3)

15 Dennis —, 1971 winner

of the Nobel Prize in

Physics for the

invention of

holography (5)

16 Lauren —, Best Actress

in a Supporting

Role Oscar nominee

for The Mirror Has

Two Faces (6)

18 Basil —, British architect

who designed

Coventry Cathedral (6)

19 See 8 Across

21 See 6 Down

22 Small amphibian whose

species include the

Palmate, Great Crested

and Smooth (4)

ACROSS

1 Defence plea (5)

7 Of immense size (8)

8 Play dishonestly (5)

10 Thick creamy sauce (10)

12 Kin (8)

14 Make things

with wool (4)

16 Obligation

or borrowing (4)

17 Garment

with buttons (8)

20 Slapstick comedy

item (7,3)

23 Light wood (5)

24 Extremely disagreeable

or bad (8)

25 Vapour from

hot water (5)

DOWN

1 Toxophilite (6)

2 Smile broadly (4)

3 Extinct bird (4)

4 Nobleman (5)

5 Spying (9)

6 Even though (6)

9 Pleasantly flavoured (5)

11 Gypsum variety (9)

13 By way of (3)

15 Improvise (2-3)

16 Make up one’s mind (6)

18 Highly incendiary

liquid (6)

19 Touches down (5)

21 Percussion

instrument (4)

22 Compass point (4)

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BOX1: Larry, Curly

and Moe were

better known as

the three what?

Little pigs (T)

Stooges (E)

Musketeers (N)

BOX2: With which

football club would

you associate the

Toon Army?

Manchester City (Y)

Liverpool (D)

Newcastle United (O)

BOX3: In the film

The Wizard of Oz,

what is the name

of the Good Witch

of the North?

Glinda (R)

Wanda (H)

Sandra (E)

BOX4: What

is the name

of Cluedo’s

colonel?

Mustard (N)

Scarlet (B)

Green (A)

BOX5: What group

had their first UK

hit with Three

Times A Lady?

The Smiths (L)

The

Commodores (U)

Culture Club (S)

BOX6: What

did the ancient

Greeks use

instead of soap?

Olive oil (I)

Milk (S)

Resin (P)

BOX7: What

nationality is

actor Russell

Crowe (pictured)?

American (O)

New

Zealander (H)

Australian (T)

BOX8: The

English town of

Malmesbury is

in which of the

following counties?

Somerset (F)

Wiltshire (G)

Gloucestershire (R)

BOX9: How

many hours are

there in a week?

168 (S)

178 (R)

188 (M)

BOX10: Which of

the following does

an ichthyologist

study?

Space (J)

Fish (B)

Plants (E)

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