The Crossword Solver

Mirror Quiz Crossword December 8 2022 Answers

ACROSS

• Nellie —, Australian operatic soprano who died in 1931
  MELBA
• 1973 biopic starring Steve McQueen as Henri Charriere
  PAPILLON
• Peter Mark —, English physician and lexicographer whose Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases was published in 1852
  ROGET
• & 11D 1933 novel by Dorothy L Sayers (6,4,9)
  MURDERMUST
• Genus of North American plants of the mallow family
  SIDALCEA
• & 19D The —, 1978 Nell Dunn novel subtitled A Simple Story of Heaven and Hell (4,5)
  ONLY
• 2009-15 US television comedy-drama series set in the fictitious William McKinley High School
  GLEE
• 2014 film comedy starring Jim Broadbent and Rafe Spall
  GETSANTA
• Best Actress in a Supporting Role Oscar nominee for The Philadelphia Story
  RUTHHUSSEY
• Sam —, actor who played the title role in 2008 comedy-drama film Dean Spanley
  NEILL
• Charles Lock —, English painter whose works include 1846’s Christ Lamenting over Jerusalem
  EASTLAKE
• Walled city in Tuscany, Italy, which houses a 13th-century university
  SIENA

DOWN

• & 16D Jamaican Pan-Africanist leader who died in London in 1940 (6,6)
  MARCUS
• Rich —, winner of the 2002 PGA Championship
  BEEM
• William —, Archbishop of Canterbury from 1633-45
  LAUD
• Seventh sign of the zodiac
  LIBRA
• 1979 stage play by Caryl Churchill
  CLOUDNINE
• F —, English author of the novels The Tinted Venus and Vice Versa
  ANSTEY
• Fine net fabric of silk or rayon used as a trimming for hats
  TULLE
• See 10 Across
  ADVERTISE
• River upon which Exeter, Devon, stands
  EXE
• Resort town in central Colorado, US, noted for its skiing
  ASPEN
• See 1 Down
  GARVEY
• Plant cultivated for its showy pink or purple flowers whose name derives from its ability to flourish in dry soil
  AZALEA
• See 14 Across
  CHILD
• Pen name of H H Munro, author of 1914 short story collection Beasts and Super-Beasts
  SAKI
• Legendary creature also called an abominable snowman
  YETI