Daily Mirror Quiz Crossword
Mirror Quiz Crossword Answers & Hints - August 5, 2026
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August 5, 2026
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3.1961 stage play by Samuel Beckett whose characters are Winnie and Willie (5,4)9 letters8.Back part of a golf club head where it bends to join the shaft (4)4 letters9.Dry brown brandy distilled in the French district of Gers (8)8 letters10.see 11 Down (6)6 letters13.1979-81 ITV sitcom starring Maureen Lipman and Simon Williams (5)5 letters14.— 10, US spacecraft launched in 1972 that made the first fly-by of Jupiter (7)7 letters15.Canine companion of Stimpy created by Canadian animator John Kricfalusi (3)3 letters16.Peter —, US golfer; 2013 Madeira Islands Open tournament winner (7)7 letters17.Capital of Japan from 794-1868 (5)5 letters21.English title of a 1989 novel by Banana Yoshimoto (6)6 letters22.see 12 Down (8)8 letters23.& 24A Norwegian anthropologist who sailed from Peru to the Pacific Islands in 1947 (4,9)4 letters24.see 23 Across (9)9 letters
Down
1.& 6D 1977 novel by Richard Adams featuring characters Rowf and Snitter (3,6,4)9 letters2.Lord Frederick —, character in Charles Dickens novel Nicholas Nickleby killed by Sir Mulberry Hawk in a duel (9)9 letters4.Former name of Hagatna, capital of the Pacific island of Guam (5)5 letters5.Squash plant with a large rounded orange-yellow fruit associated with Halloween (7)7 letters6.see 1 Down (4)4 letters7.Imperial dynasty of China from 1271-1368 (4)4 letters11.& 10A 2011 novel by Peter Robinson (6,3,6)9 letters12.& 22A 2011 film comedy starring Jim Carrey and Carla Gugino (2,7,8)9 letters14.Female swan (3)3 letters15.Malcolm —, 1974-97 Conservative MP for Edinburgh Pentlands; 1995-97 Foreign Secretary (7)7 letters18.Niclas —, golfer; 2006 Mallorca Classic tournament winner (5)5 letters19.Collective noun for a group of badgers (4)4 letters20.Brett —, 1990 Australian PGA Championship winner (4)4 letters
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