The Crossword Solver

Mirror Quiz Crossword January 5 2023 Answers

• See 15 Down
  HEARD
• 2005 novel by Dean Koontz
  VELOCITY
• Approach of a bowler in cricket
  RUNUP
• 1985 Derby-winning horse
  SLIPANCHOR
• See 23 Across
  ODONNELL
• & 4D American cartoonist who created the long-running comic strip Blondie (4,5)
  CHIC
• Yannick —, winner of the 1983 French Open singles tennis championship
  NOAH
• E E —, US poet whose volumes include 1923’s Tulips and Chimneys
  CUMMINGS
• Dominant west-to-east winds centred over the middle latitudes of both hemispheres
  WESTERLIES
• & 12A Actress and talk show hostess who played Betty Rubble in 1994 film comedy The Flintstones (5,8)
  ROSIE
• Christine —, 2008 Olympic 400m gold medallist
  OHURUOGU
• Stage name of Neville Holder, frontman of UK band Slade
  NODDY

• 1970s US television drama series starring David Janssen in the title role
  HARRYO
• Stanley —, FIFA president from 1961-74
  ROUS
• Large brown seaweed whose ash is a source of iodine
  KELP
• See 14 Across
  YOUNG
• Coalition of two vowel sounds pronounced in one syllable
  DIPHTHONG
• Welsh language
  CYMRIC
• Tree such as the American — or Oriental — with ball-shaped heads of fruit
  PLANE
• Soft silvery-white metal; symbol K
  POTASSIUM
• Standard monetary unit of Romania
  LEU
• & 1A Actress who played Ulla in 2016 film drama The Danish Girl (5,5)
  AMBER
• Helmut —, Berlin-born fashion photographer who died in 2004
  NEWTON
• Ally —, actress who starred as Stephanie Speck in 1986 family film Short Circuit
  SHEEDY
• John —, Edinburgh-based detective creation of Ian Rankin
  REBUS
• Racing toboggan on which riders lie supine
  LUGE
• Musical composition for one performer
  SOLO