Mirror Quiz Crossword Answers October 19 2017

Clue	Solution
Karl-Birger —, Swedish composer of 1959 opera Aniara	BLOMDAHL
Legendary Greek king able to turn that which he touched into gold	MIDAS
Probationary rank held by young naval officers under training	MIDSHIPMAN
Supreme legislature of Norway	STORTING
Member of a South American Indian people whose empire centred on Peru	INCA
Member of any of the peoples who lived in Britain north of the Forth and Clyde between the 1st and 4th centuries	PICT
Variety of celery with a large turnip-like root	CELERIAC
Street in Paris whose name is used figuratively to refer to the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs	QUAIDORSAY
Alfred —, Swedish inventor of dynamite	NOBEL
1999 film comedy starring Matthew Broderick and Reese Witherspoon	ELECTION
1979 film drama starring Richard Gere and Lisa Eichhorn	YANKS
In poetry, a metrical foot consisting of one short syllable followed by one long syllable	IAMBUS
Ancient kingdom east of the River Tigris	ELAM
Mountain range in south central Europe	ALPS
Celia —, actress who portrayed Doris Speed in 2010 BBC TV drama The Road to Coronation Street	IMRIE
City in Henan, China on the southern bank of the Yellow River	SANMENXIA
Mikhail —, Russian composer of operas A Life for the Tsar and Ruslan and Lyudmila	GLINKA
Highest possible score with one arrow in darts	SIXTY
Small herbaceous perennial plant with musk-scented flowers also called five-faced bishop	MOSCHATEL
Simon —, creator of sitcoms How Do You Want Me?, Is It Legal? and Hardware	NYE
Commune in Ardennes, NE France on the Meuse River, site of a 1940 World War II battle	SEDAN
Maria —, New York-born operatic soprano who died in 1977	CALLAS
Clifford —, author of stage play Waiting for Lefty	ODETS
Large Eurasian bird of the crow family	ROOK
Hindu system of meditation and asceticism	YOGA