Mirror Quiz Crossword Answers July 23 2017

Clue	Solution
2001 film comedy starring Rowan Atkinson and John Cleese	RATRACE
Lower scoring of the two sets of rings on an archery target	OUTER
Island in the English Channel whose two main parts are linked by the isthmus La Coupee	SARK
Iridaceous genus of plants with white, yellow or purple flowers	CROCUS
Jean-Baptiste-Camille —, French artist whose works include 1871’s The Marsh at Arleux	COROT
Brian —, author of 1991 volume of biography An Evil Cradling	KEENAN
Spa town in Allier, France; seat of the collaborationist government from 1940-44	VICHY
Pear-shaped fruit with a leathery green or blackish skin	AVOCADO
Big band singer and composer nicknamed The Velvet Fog who died in 1999	MELTORME
Patsy —, inaugural winner of the UK Championship snooker tournament in 1977	FAGAN
Shrub or small tree with red, purple or black berry-like fruits	ELDER
Old World songbird with a harsh chattering cry	CHAT
Valentina —, cosmonaut; first woman in space	TERESHKOVA
1999 novel by Andy McNab	CRISISFOUR
Unit of weight equal to 2,240 pounds	TON
Archibald —, US Solicitor General from 1961-65	COX
Province of Ireland whose counties include Mayo	CONNACHT
Sea nymph in Greek mythology who detained Odysseus on the island of Ogygia	CALYPSO
Cultivated variety of cabbage with a compact head and wrinkled leaves	SAVOY
Plant in Greek mythology whose fruit induced forgetfulness in those who ate it	LOTUS
Waterbird of Europe, Asia and North America with a white bill and forehead	COOT