Daily Mirror Quiz Crossword
Mirror Quiz Crossword Answers & Hints - August 9, 2026
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Puzzle date
August 9, 2026
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Across
6.US golfer; 2004 winner of The Open Championship (4,8)12 letters8.Erik —, prime minister of Denmark from 1950-53 (7)7 letters9.Berkshire horse racecourse that hosts the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (5)5 letters10.Sultanate in southeast Arabia; capital Muscat (4)4 letters12.Jean —, rugby union lock; 1982 France Test debutant against Romania (6)6 letters14.Primate of Madagascar and surrounding islands with a foxy face and long tail (5)5 letters15.Eddie —, US entertainer who played Steve Carpenter in 1960 film drama Butterfield 8 (6)6 letters16.& 21A 2003 romcom starring Ashton Kutcher and Brittany Murphy (4,7)4 letters19.Roger —, actor who played DI Fred Thursday in ITV drama series Endeavour (5)5 letters21.see 16 Across (7)7 letters22.2006 novel by Monica Ali (8,4)12 letters
Down
1.& 12D Yachting regatta won by Monaco in 2025, based at Cowes, Isle of Wight (8,3)8 letters2.Board game associated with Mikhail Botvinnik and Jose Capablanca (5)5 letters3.Another name for a catkin (5)5 letters4.— of Aquitaine, mother of Richard I of England (7)7 letters5.State-owned airline created in 1939 by a merger of Imperial Airways and British Airways (1,1,1,1)4 letters6.1941 horror film starring Claude Rains featuring Lon Chaney Jr in the title role (3,4,3)10 letters7.1989 novel by Wilbur Smith (1,4,2,3)10 letters11.2013 sci-fi drama film starring Joaquin Phoenix written and directed by Spike Jonze (3)3 letters12.see 1 Down (3)3 letters13.Daughter of Herod Agrippa who perished in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 (8)8 letters14.Short-tailed rodent of northern and arctic regions of Europe, North America and Asia (7)7 letters17.Yellowish-brown hard translucent fossil resin used for jewellery (5)5 letters18.Kelly —, model and actress who played Sophia Rossellini in 2004 comedy-drama film School for Seduction (5)5 letters20.1935 opera by Alban Berg (4)4 letters
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