Mirror Quiz Crossword Answers October 26 2017

Clue	Solution
— Islands, group off the coast of Northumberland housing a bird sanctuary	FARNE
State of Australia; capital Melbourne	VICTORIA
John —, winner of the Aukland Open singles tennis tournament in 2010 and 2014	ISNER
The —, 1994 novel by Candace Robb	LADYCHAPEL
Industrial town in S Wales on the Loughor estuary	LLANELLI
1975 novel by William Kennedy	LEGS
John —, motor racing driver who died on Loch Ness in 1952 attempting to break the water speed record	COBB
Largest airline and flag carrier of Russia	AEROFLOT
Ernest —, New Zealand-born winner of the 1908 Nobel Prize in Chemistry	RUTHERFORD
Loose fibre obtained from old rope used for caulking seams in wooden ships	OAKUM
King of Chios in Greek mythology; father of Merope	OENOPION
H G —, author of novels The World Set Free and The Wonderful Visit	WELLS
Variety of French bean extensively cultivated for food in Mexico	FRIJOL
Alice —, US artist whose portraits include 1964 oil Joseph Papp	NEEL
Bill —, cartoonist whose strips include The Cloggies and The Fosdyke Saga	TIDY
Georg Ernst —, German scientist born in 1659 who developed the phlogiston theory of combustion	STAHL
Stephane —, French jazz violinist who died in 1997	GRAPPELLI
Sebastian —, author of On Green Dolphin Street and Human Traces	FAULKS
Large bird of the crow family with a black plumage and wedge-shaped tail	RAVEN
Rory —, South African golfer; 2011 winner of The Honda Classic tournament	SABBATINI
Trygve —, Secretary-General of the United Nations 1946-52	LIE
River on the border between Spain and Portugal before flowing west to the Atlantic	DOURO
County in Leinster, Republic of Ireland that includes the town of Tullow	CARLOW
Brandon —, author of 1892 farce Charley’s Aunt	THOMAS
The —, 1990 film drama starring Derek Jacobi in dual roles	FOOL
1993 romcom starring Kevin Kline and Sigourney Weaver	DAVE