GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

WIN A LUXURY CROSS PEN

ACROSS

7 British military outpost besieged in Boer War (8) 9 ____ Kutcher, Steve Jobs actor (6) 10 2018 World Cup Golden Boot winner (4) 11 Drum skin on round frame with jingles in rim (10) 12 East Coast English deepwater estuary (6) 14 Bruce, English fashion designer (8) 15 Inlet on the south Wales coast (10,3) 17 Outlet selling drinks in a theatre (5,3) 19 Sir ___ and the Green Knight, chivalric story (6) 21 Mulholland Drive director (5,5) 22 Oliver, ex-Bayern and German goalkeeper (4) 23 ____ Ted, sitcom starring Dermot Morgan (6) 24 Arthur, English operetta composer (8)

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1 Kublai Khan’s capital (6) 2 ___ Sampras, former U.S. tennis player (4) 3 _____ Cross, Britain’s top military decoration (8) 4 King killed at the Battle of Hastings (6) 5 DH Lawrence novel published in 1915 (3,7) 6 Stand-up comedy’s The Big Yin (8) 8 Fantasy epic U.S. TV series begun in 2011 (4,2,7) 13 Scottish anniversary marked on January 25th (5,5) 15 Nick, The Great Gatsby’s narrator (8) 16 English Civil War battle of 1642 (8) 18 Orchestral work by Maurice Ravel (6) 20 Mesopotamian war goddess (6) 22 ___ Hardie, Labour Party founder (4)

SOLUTION TOMORROW PLAY our accumulator game! every day this week, solve the crossword to find the letter in the pink circle. On Friday, we’ll provide instructions to submit your five-letter word for your chance to win a luxury Cross pen. uK residents aged 18+, excl ni. terms apply. entries cost 50p.