Mirror Quiz Crossword Answers October 7 2017

Clue	Solution
Walled city in Cheshire on the River Dee	CHESTER
1961 film drama starring Charlton Heston and Sophia Loren	ELCID
Mediterranean plant with yellowish-white flowers whose leaves are used as a salad	ROCKET
US state; capital Austin	TEXAS
Jack —, 2014 Wimbledon men’s doubles tennis championship winner with Vasek Pospisil	SOCK
Anatomical term for the back of the head	OCCIPUT
British name for diesel oil used for road transport	DERV
Slow-moving Australian marsupial that eats eucalyptus leaves	KOALA
King of Wessex from 802-839	EGBERT
Capital of French Guiana	CAYENNE
Somerset-born jazz clarinettist associated with song Stranger on the Shore who died in 2014	ACKER
2005 war film starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard	JARHEAD
City in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany on the River Neckar, noted for its castle	HEIDELBERG
Andrei —, winner of the 1975 Nobel Peace prize	SAKHAROV
Mark —, rugby union fly-half; 1980 Australia Test debutant against New Zealand	ELLA
Muse of history in Greek mythology	CLIO
G R J —, Surrey cricketer; 1973 England Test debutant against India in Kanpur	ROOPE
Evergreen bush native to South America that bears white, pink or red flowers	ESCALLONIA
Ridley —, director of films Alien, Gladiator and Hannibal	SCOTT
City in NW Missouri, US; starting point of the Pony Express in 1860	STJOSEPH
Pearl —, winner of the 1938 Nobel Prize in Literature	BUCK
Leighton —, inaugural winner of the World Darts Championship in 1978	REES
1970 Eurovision Song Contest winner; 2011 Republic of Ireland presidential election candidate	DANA