Daily Mirror Quiz Crossword
Mirror Quiz Crossword Answers & Hints - September 28, 2026
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September 28, 2026
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1.Francis -, navigator who was second-in-command of the English fleet against the Spanish Armada in 1588 (5)5 letters4.see 8 Down (5)5 letters10.Joe -, Widnes rugby league player; 1984 Man of Steel award winner (5)5 letters11.Region of Greece in central Peloponnese whose capital is Tripoli (7)7 letters12.Battle of -, confrontation between the Jacobites and the House of Hanover fought near Inverness in 1746 (8)8 letters13.Simon -, comic actor who played Scotty in 2009 action film Star Trek (4)4 letters15.see 14 Down (6)6 letters17.Eric -, author of the novels Epitaph for a Spy and Judgment on Deltchev (6)6 letters19.& 21D The -, 1999 animated film based on a book by Ted Hughes (4,5)4 letters20.Colourless, gaseous element; symbol N (8)8 letters23.& 24A Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in S Staffordshire (7,5)7 letters24.see 23 Across (5)5 letters25.Susan -, 1985, 1987, 1990 and 1992 World Open squash champion (5)5 letters26.A P E -, England Test cricketer who hit 101 against New Zealand at Auckland in 1971 (5)5 letters
Down
2.Vebjorn -, 1996 Olympic men's 800m gold medallist (5)5 letters3.1966 Commonwealth Games men's 400y hurdles gold medallist (3,5)8 letters5.One twelfth of a foot (4)4 letters6.Eric -, 1924 Olympic 400m gold medallist (7)7 letters7.The -, 1973 novel by Iris Murdoch (5,6)11 letters8.& 4A 1851 Margaret Oliphant novel subtitled A Tale of the Puritans (5,5)5 letters9.National Hunt racecourse southeast of Wrexham (6-2-3)11 letters14.& 15A 1991 novel by Bret Easton Ellis (8,6)8 letters16.Capital of Cameroon (7)7 letters18.Gillian -, 1974 Commonwealth singles badminton gold medallist (5)5 letters21.see 19 Across (5)5 letters22.Dog belonging to Dorothy Gale in the Oz series of books by L Frank Baum (4)4 letters
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