Mirror Quiz Crossword Answers October 17 2017

Clue	Solution
1972 Australian Open women’s singles tennis championship winner	VIRGINIAWADE
Louis —, US craftsman who created the Favrile style of stained glass	TIFFANY
James —, director of 1930s horror films Frankenstein, The Old Dark House and The Invisible Man	WHALE
David —, Best Director Oscar winner for The Bridge on the River Kwai	LEAN
Part of the body also called an axilla	ARMPIT
Song with words by David Garrick first performed in pantomime Harlequin’s Invasion in 1760	HEART
Daniel —, 1996 Olympic Light Flyweight boxing gold medallist	PETROV
Alcoholic drink made by fermenting a solution of honey	MEAD
Colourless radioactive element; symbol Rn	RADON
1999 stage play by Roy Williams	LIFTOFF
1969 film musical starring Shirley MacLaine in the title role	SWEETCHARITY
City in Lombardy; chief financial centre of Italy	MILAN
One of a number of prophetesses in ancient Greece and Rome such as that of Cumae, who guided Aeneas through the underworld	SIBYL
Plant in the mustard family such as the Water —	AWLWORT
Prose — or Younger —, guide to Icelandic poetry by historian Snorri Sturluson	EDDA
The —, 1906 story collection by Neil Munro featuring the mariner Para Handy	VITALSPARK
Irish singer-actor whose roles have included Ciaran McCarthy in ITV soap Coronation Street	KEITHDUFFY
Standard currency of Bulgaria	LEV
Jean —, Strasbourg-born artist also known by the first name Hans whose works include 1938 sculpture Growth	ARP
Administrative capital of South Africa in Gauteng province	PRETORIA
Seaside resort in East Yorkshire known for its pottery	HORNSEA
Pulverized wool or felt applied to paper to produce a texture or pattern	FLOCK
Dick —, character in 1872 Thomas Hardy novel Under the Greenwood Tree in love with Fancy Day	DEWY