Daily Mirror Quiz Crossword
Mirror Quiz Crossword Answers & Hints - August 19, 2026
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August 19, 2026
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3.2003 comedy-drama film starring Paul Kaye and James Cromwell (9)9 letters8.City and railway junction in west Romania once part of Turkey, Austria and Hungary (4)4 letters9.Industrial city in Connecticut, US, housing Yale University (3,5)8 letters10.Capital of Turkey (6)6 letters13.Irene —, comedy actress who played the title character in 1970s ITV sitcom For the Love of Ada (5)5 letters14.Frankie —, 1994, 1995 and 2004 flat racing champion jockey (7)7 letters15.Jackie —, Scotland's Makar (poet laureate) from 2016-21 (3)3 letters16.& 17A 1998 film drama starring Catherine McCormack, Rachel Weisz and Anna Friel (3,4,5)7 letters17.see 16 Across (5)5 letters21.— IV, pope from 1154-59 born Nicholas Breakspear (6)6 letters22.& 15D 2003 action-comedy film starring Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson (8,7)8 letters23.Joint of the leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur (4)4 letters24.The —, 1969 novel by Mary Wesley (5,4)9 letters
Down
1.Haruhiro —, artistic gymnast; 1964 Olympic men's vault and team all-around gold medallist (9)9 letters2.Marcia —, former personal, political and private secretary to prime minister Harold Wilson (9)9 letters4.Desmond —, television presenter whose credits include Match of the Day and Countdown (5)5 letters5.M C —, England Test cricketer who made 148 against West Indies in Port-of-Spain in 1968 (7)7 letters6.Bertolt Brecht stage play first performed in 1923 (4)4 letters7.Sebastien —, French driver; 2004-12 World Rally Championship winner (4)4 letters11.2010 comedy-drama film starring Riz Ahmed (4,5)9 letters12.Kurt Georg —, chancellor of West Germany from 1966-69 (9)9 letters14.1981 novel by William Wharton (3)3 letters15.see 22 Across (7)7 letters18.Standard monetary unit of Nigeria (5)5 letters19.Language also called Siamese (4)4 letters20.Unit of speed; one nautical mile per hour (4)4 letters
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