Mirror Quiz Crossword Answers October 8 2017

Clue	Solution
Junction of the A1 and A66 trunk roads north-east of Richmond, North Yorkshire	SCOTCHCORNER
River in Russia; longest in Europe	VOLGA
Dick —, 1976 Olympic 5,000m silver medallist for New Zealand	QUAX
Colourless odourless flammable gaseous alkane; a byproduct of petroleum refining	ETHANE
1996 comedy-drama film starring Tom Cruise in the title role	JERRY
Richard —, US photographer whose books include Nothing Personal	AVEDON
Tony —, World Middleweight boxing champion from June-September 1948	ZALE
Kornelia —, 1976 Olympic 100m and 200m freestyle swimming gold medallist	ENDER
1965 film Western starring John Wayne and Dean Martin	THESONS
Liam —, prime minister of the Republic of Ireland from 1973-77	COSGRAVE
Town in Vicenza, Italy east of Lake Garda associated with the wool industry	SCHIO
Henry —, actor who played Mr Pugh in ITV sitcom The Worker	MCGEE
2013 film drama starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney	GRAVITY
Back part of a golf club head where it bends to join the shaft	HEEL
In music, a note with the time value of one-sixteenth of a semibreve	SEMIQUAVER
Belgian painter whose works include 1890’s The Intrigue	JAMESENSOR
Female swan	PEN
CGS unit of work or energy	ERG
Large snake of tropical America that kills its prey by constriction	ANACONDA
Louis —, French actor who played Gaston Lachaille in 1958 film musical Gigi	JOURDAN
Gertrude —, author of 1933 book The Autobiography of Alice B Toklas	STEIN
Fernand —, French painter whose works include 1921’s Woman with a Cat	LEGER
Anne-Marie —, actress who portrayed Julia Lennon in 2009 biopic Nowhere Boy	DUFF