Daily Mirror Quiz Crossword
Mirror Quiz Crossword Answers & Hints - August 8, 2026
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August 8, 2026
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1.2010 film thriller starring Helen Mirren, Sam Worthington and Jessica Chastain (3,4)7 letters7.& 22A Small constellation whose brightest star is Procyon (5,5)5 letters8.Frederick —, Director-General of the BBC from 1938-42 (7)7 letters9.Chinese philosophy based on the writings of Laozi (6)6 letters11.Department of southeast France; capital Grenoble (5)5 letters13.Aircraft firm founded by Alliott Verdon Roe in 1910 (4)4 letters14.Rick —, actor who played Barney Rubble in 1994 film comedy The Flintstones (7)7 letters15.2001 biopic featuring both Judi Dench and Kate Winslet in the title role (4)4 letters16.Number opposite twenty on a standard dartboard (5)5 letters17.see 12 Down (6)6 letters21.N R D —, England Test cricketer who made 117 against New Zealand in Dunedin in 2013 (7)7 letters22.see 7 Across (5)5 letters23.Orde —, British Army brigadier, creator of the Chindits in Burma in World War II (7)7 letters
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2.1941 film noir starring Ida Lupino and Humphrey Bogart (4,6)10 letters3.Belt of light winds, sudden storms and calms along the equator (8)8 letters4.Soft creamy white cheese similar to Camembert (4)4 letters5.1880 novel by Emile Zola (4)4 letters6.Capital and largest city of East Timor (4)4 letters9.see 13 Down (5)5 letters10.City in northwest Louisiana, US, on the Red River (10)10 letters12.& 17A Liverpudlian poet whose volumes include Storm Damage and Armada (5,6)5 letters13.& 9D 2011 Agatha Raisin novel by M C Beaton (2,3,3,5)8 letters18.Blyth —, 1996 Olympic Individual Eventing gold medallist (4)4 letters19.Ancient kingdom situated between the Dead Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba (4)4 letters20.Type of unleavened bread popular in India and the Caribbean (4)4 letters
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