Daily Mirror Quiz Crossword
Mirror Quiz Crossword Answers & Hints - July 31, 2026
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July 31, 2026
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Across
1.Setting of 1878 Thomas Hardy novel The Return of the Native (5,5)10 letters8.Hebrew prophet of the 6th century BC (7)7 letters9.Card game for four; a forerunner of bridge (5)5 letters10.Trading group established in Europe in 1960 whose members now include Iceland and Norway (4)4 letters11.Christian —, French fashion designer (4)4 letters12.In tonic sol-fa, the fourth degree of any major scale (3)3 letters14.Genus of plants that includes the wood sorrel (6)6 letters15.& 5D 2007 novel by Douglas Coupland (3,3,5)6 letters18.Tall tree affected by fungal disease DED (3)3 letters20.Archaic or poetic name for Ireland (4)4 letters21.Argonaut in Greek mythology; husband of Marpessa (4)4 letters23.& 7D 2006 action-comedy film starring Ben Stiller and Carla Gugino (5,2,3,6)5 letters24.Mat —, New Zealand-born rugby union Number 8 at Harlequins from 2015-19 (7)7 letters25.Royal Air Force officer of three-star rank equivalent to a Royal Navy vice-admiral (3,7)10 letters
Down
1.1909 opera by Richard Strauss (7)7 letters2.River rising in Macedonia that flows through Albania to the Adriatic (4)4 letters3.— the Elephant, children’s song written in 1956 (6)6 letters4.S —, South Africa cricketer; 1998 Test debutant against England in Nottingham (8)8 letters5.see 15 Across (5)5 letters6.& 17D Actress who portrayed Edna Purviance in 1992 biopic Chaplin (8,3,6)11 letters7.see 23 Across (2,3,6)11 letters13.British comic character, leader of The Bruin Boys, created by Julius Stafford Baker (5,3)8 letters16.Grey-coloured dabbling duck (7)7 letters17.see 6 Down (6)6 letters19.Charlie —, WBC Flyweight champion from March-September 1983 (5)5 letters22.1999 Derby winner ridden by Kieren Fallon (4)4 letters
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