Daily Mirror Quiz Crossword
Mirror Quiz Crossword Answers & Hints - September 5, 2026
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September 5, 2026
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1.Official language of Ethiopia (7)7 letters7.& 22A Prime minister of Egypt assassinated in 1981 (5,5)5 letters8.Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 1985-89 (3,4)7 letters9.see 12 Down (6)6 letters11.Rhys -, Welsh actor who portrayed Howard Marks in 2010 biopic Mr Nice (5)5 letters13.River that forms part of the border between Germany and Poland (4)4 letters14.Des -, entertainer who authored 2001 autobiography Bananas Can't Fly! (7)7 letters15.River in SW Australia that flows to the Indian Ocean below Perth (4)4 letters16.- Islands, group off the coast of Northumberland that house a bird sanctuary (5)5 letters17.City in Northern Ireland south-east of Dungannon (6)6 letters21.Stanley -, Prime Minister from 1935-37 (7)7 letters22.see 7 Across (5)5 letters23.1973 film comedy starring, directed and co-written by Woody Allen (7)7 letters
Down
2.Night-blooming tropical American climbing plant (10)10 letters3.Rowan -, comic actor who played the title role in films Bean and Johnny English (8)8 letters4.Island in the Inner Hebrides; site of an abbey founded by St Columba (4)4 letters5.Mountain -, buffalo endemic to Indonesia (4)4 letters6.Type of melancholy Portuguese folk song (4)4 letters9.Male bee in a colony whose function is to mate with the queen (5)5 letters10.1955 novel by Thomas B Costain (3,7)10 letters12.& 9A US state whose capital is Bismarck (5,6)5 letters13.Fine, slightly stiff cotton fabric used for dresses (8)8 letters18.Ancient kingdom in the Old Testament east of the Dead Sea (4)4 letters19.Animal that represents the constellation Capricorn (4)4 letters20.Fine-grained sedimentary rock containing silt that is used as a fertiliser (4)4 letters
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