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Mirror Quiz Crossword January 1 2023 Answers

• & 12A 1951 novel by J D Salinger whose protagonist is Holden Caulfield (3,7,2,3,3)
  THECATCHERIN
• Large cabinet, originally used for storing weapons
  ARMOIRE
• Hardwood of tropical Africa used as a substitute for teak
  IROKO
• Southernmost of the Great Lakes of North America
  ERIE
• See 6 Across
  THERYE
• Group of closely related Bantu languages that include Sepedi
  SOTHO
• Abel —, 17th-century Dutch navigator who circumnavigated Australia
  TASMAN
• Sammy —, lyricist who won a Best Music, Original Song Oscar for Three Coins in a Fountain
  CAHN
• Gil —, Toronto-born jazz pianist and composer who died in 1988
  EVANS
• 1979 Grand National-winning horse ridden by Maurice Barnes
  RUBSTIC
• 2005 superhero film directed by Christopher Nolan
  BATMANBEGINS

• 1990 comedy-drama film starring Cher and Bob Hoskins
  MERMAIDS
• Anna —, actress who starred as Shelley Darlingson in 2008 romcom The House Bunny
  FARIS
• Billiards shot in which the cue ball is hit below its centre causing it to recoil after hitting the object ball
  SCREW
• 1992 novel by Dirk Bogarde
  JERICHO
• Light-coloured dry sherry
  FINO
• 1974 stage play by Tom Stoppard
  TRAVESTIES
• Polish astronomer whose theory of the solar system was published in 1543
  COPERNICUS
• Cape —, peninsula of NE Tunisia
  BON
• & 17D 2008 novel by Patricia Cornwell (3,5)
  THE
• 2000 adventure-comedy film starring Breckin Meyer and Seann William Scott
  ROADTRIP
• Variety of tangerine originally grown in Japan
  SATSUMA
• See 12 Down
  FRONT
• Graeme —, cyclist whose 2003 autobiography is entitled Flying Scotsman
  OBREE
• Son of Telamon; Greek hero of the Trojan War
  AJAX