Daily Mirror - 30.07.2019

ACROSS

1 Crayon (6)

4 Pots (4)

7 Chilled (4)

8 Stay (6)

9 Question word (4)

10 Relax (4)

12 Aristocrat (4)

14 Quarrel (3)

16 Egg cells (3)

17 Notion (4)

20 Impolite (4)

23 Deserve (4)

24 Stinging weed (6)

25 Poems (4)

26 Singing voice (4)

27 Appear (6)

DOWN

1 Liquidised fruit (5)

2 Identical (4)

3 Passenger vessel (5)

4 Church furniture (4)

5 Cling (6)

6 Tendon (5)

11 Soothing

succulent (4)

13 Corrosive

substance (4)

15 Macaw (6)

16 Greek letter (5)

18 Thick (5)

19 Overweight (5)

21 Reverse (4)

22 Sun (4)

ACROSS

1 Staple changed colour (6)

4 Criticises

cooking vessels (4)

7 Cold dice are thrown (4)

8 Keep marine working (6)

9 At what time will wife

meet bride? (4)

10 Pleased with simplicity (4)

12 Peer in real trouble (4)

14 Growling

about argument (3)

16 Removal includes eggs (3)

17 Aide made strange

impression (4)

20 Prudence gets

discourteous (4)

23 Merit of learning (4)

24 Irritate at the plant (6)

25 Does translate

some verses (4)

26 Register changes a lot (4)

27 Come out east and join (6)

DOWN

1 Rupee spent on mash (5)

2 Not different

from this America (4)

3 Band right for ship (5)

4 Pressure points in seats (4)

5 Stick notice to this place (6)

6 Wines mixed as

source of strength (5)

11 Beer gets nothing

from plant (4)

13 Sharp as a group of

detectives (4)

15 Copy a bird (6)

16 Last character

round to play game (5)

18 Needs new compact (5)

19 Round bees, terribly fat (5)

21 Loosen at a French party (4)

22 Most arguments

are about celebrity (4)

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ACROSS

6 2006 BBC Sports

Personality of the Year;

wife of Mike Tindall

since 2011 (4,8)

8 2010 film drama

starring Kodi

Smit-McPhee (3,2,2)

9 August —, German

painter whose works

include 1913’s Woman

in a Green Jacket (5)

10 Roman emperor

from 54-68 AD (4)

12 Emiliano —, leading

figure of the Mexican

Revolution who

died in 1919 (6)

14 Young eel (5)

15 See 18 Down

16 Brazil footballer born

Edson Arantes do

Nascimento in 1940 (4)

19 2008 film thriller

starring Liam Neeson

and Maggie Grace (5)

21 Mammal also called

a spiny anteater (7)

22 Town in Nord, France,

famous for its fine

bobbin lace (12)

DOWN

1 The —, 2000 novel

by John Grisham (8)

2 Ben —, 2009 Superbike

World Championship

winner (5)

3 A A —, creator of

Winnie-the-Pooh (5)

4 City in North Holland,

Netherlands, noted for

its cheese production

and market (7)

5 2013 animated

film featuring the

voice talent of

Colin Farrell and

Josh Hutcherson (4)

6 WBO Bantamweight

champion

from 2017 (6,4)

7 Rugby union wing;

1987 Wales Test

debutant against

France (5,5)

11 Ernie —, South

African golfer; 2002

and 2012 winner

of The Open

Championship (3)

12 Branch of Mahayana

Buddhism stressing

the role of meditation

in pursuing

enlightenment (3)

13 1978 Robert Altman

comedy-drama film

starring Carol Burnett

and Paul Dooley (1,7)

14 Trio of avenging

deities in Greek

mythology comprising

Alecto, Tisiphone

and Megaera (7)

17 1971 film comedy

starring Hywel

Bennett and

Denholm Elliott (5)

18 and 15 Across

The —, operatic

singing group that

comprised Luciano

Pavarotti, Placido

Domingo and Jose

Carreras (5,6)

20 Edmund —, English

tragic actor who

played Shylock at

Drury Lane in 1814 (4)

ACROSS

6 Planned

in advance (12)

8 Lightweight

anorak (7)

9 Long seat (5)

10 Mother’s sister (4)

12 One who

rides on waves (6)

14 Skinflint (5)

15 Foot part (6)

16 Eight furlongs (4)

19 Scottish

landowner (5)

21 TV aerial (7)

22 With all limbs

outstretched (12)

DOWN

1 Stretchy aerobics

garment (8)

2 Thighbone (5)

3 School punishment (5)

4 Sheltered port (7)

5 Fronded plant (4)

6 Minor sin or fault (10)

7 Worker with

supervisory duties (10)

11 Fruit seed (3)

12 Stitch (3)

13 Amiable (8)

14 Interfering person (7)

17 Touches down (5)

18 Vapour from hot water (5)

20 Little devils (4)

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BOX1: What were

the first names of

author H G Wells?

Henry Grant (T)

Herbert George (V)

Hugh Gerald (L)

BOX2: What

Avenue is the

title of a song

by Eddy Grant

(pictured)?

Acacia (A)

Perspective (K)

Electric (N)

BOX3: How

many Wimbledon

singles titles

did Martina

Navratilova win?

Seven (R)

Eight (U)

Nine (E)

BOX4: In what

year was the

Battle of

the Boyne?

1649 (Y)

1690 (O)

1710 (C)

BOX5: Where

was the Merlot

wine grape

originally grown?

Burgundy (M)

Bordeaux (E)

Loire (B)

BOX6: Which

Oscar-winning

actor starred in

the 1980s sitcom

Bosom Buddies?

Tom Hanks (I)

Forest Whitaker (O)

Jeff Bridges (S)

BOX7: Who

won the 2018

Turner Prize?

Naeem

Mohaiemen (D)

Luke Willis

Thompson (E)

Charlotte

Prodger (F)

BOX8: How many

member states

are there in the

United Nations?

157 (U)

168 (W)

193 (N)

BOX9: Lisbon

stands on the bank

of which river?

Douro (A)

Mondego (O)

Tagus (T)

BOX10: Which

girls name of

Latin origin

means ‘beloved’?

Amy (I)

Belinda (C)

Lucy (L)

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