Across 14 clues
1A.
Actor who played Q in 17 Bond films (7,8) Crossword Clue View →
DESMOND LLEWELYN
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8A.
___ Singleton, BBC presenter of shows including Blue Peter (7) Crossword Clue View →
VALERIE
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9A.
A slender tower in a mosque (7) Crossword Clue View →
MINARET
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10A.
Paul ___, theoretical physicist and mathematician born in 1902 (5) Crossword Clue View →
DIRAC
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11A.
Grand Prix once staged at Imola in Italy (3,6) Crossword Clue View →
SAN MARINO
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12A.
A small, tree dwelling marsupial (7) Crossword Clue View →
OPOSSUM
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14A.
___ Kovalev, Russian Latin and ballroom dancer born in 1980 (5) Crossword Clue View →
PASHA
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15A.
To reduce documents to unreadable strips (5) Crossword Clue View →
SHRED
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17A.
A bearded giant or goblin in Germanic mythology (3,4) Crossword Clue View →
ERL KING
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19A.
Informal term for one dropping rubbish in public places (9) Crossword Clue View →
LITTERBUG
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22A.
One making a provocative online post (5) Crossword Clue View →
TROLL
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23A.
One communicating with deaf people via lip-reading or speech (7) Crossword Clue View →
ORALIST
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24A.
French port city containing the Andre Malraux Museum of Modern Art (2,5) Crossword Clue View →
LE HAVRE
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25A.
Social event in which guests wear attire to look like famous people or characters (5,5,5) Crossword Clue View →
FANCY DRESS PARTY
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1D.
Actor who played lifeguard Mitch Buchannon in Baywatch (5,10) Crossword Clue View →
DAVID HASSELHOFF
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2D.
Port city southeast of Naples (7) Crossword Clue View →
SALERNO
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3D.
The most distant region in our solar system named after a Dutch astronomer (4,5) Crossword Clue View →
OORT CLOUD
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4D.
The remnants of a liquid left in a container (5) Crossword Clue View →
DREGS
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5D.
A slang term for money (5) Crossword Clue View →
WONGA
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6D.
The ___, TV series that is an adaptation of The Darling Buds Of May (7) Crossword Clue View →
LARKINS
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7D.
London arts venue holding John Constable's The Hay Wain (8,7) Crossword Clue View →
NATIONAL GALLERY
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9D.
Negligible in quantity, amount or degree (7) Crossword Clue View →
MINIMAL
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13D.
Australian rock band noted for their 1976 single Howzat (7) Crossword Clue View →
SHERBET
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14D.
A retail outlet that machine produces cards or documents for customers (5,4) Crossword Clue View →
PRINT SHOP
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16D.
To learn new skills in order to do a different job (7) Crossword Clue View →
RETRAIN
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18D.
'The ___ from Vancouver', nickname of Canadian singer Bryan Adams (7) Crossword Clue View →
GROOVER
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20D.
___ Beecham, actress in historical drama King & Conqueror (5) Crossword Clue View →
EMILY
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21D.
The breathing organs of fish and some amphibians (5) Crossword Clue View →
GILLS
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Puzzle Information

Publication: Irish Daily Mail General Knowledge

Date: September 25, 2025

Day: Thursday

Medium-Hard Difficulty

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