GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

8 Equestrian sporting event (8) 9 Large flatfish found in European seas (6) 10 Plant with showy orange, red or yellow flowers (10) 11 ____ Kumar, The Mash Report host (4) 12 Hilaire, Cautionary Tales For Children author (6) 14 Pieter ____ The Elder, Flemish artist (8) 15 Marvel Cinematic Universe film series (4,3) 17 Small opening in door for looking through (7) 20 Gisele, Brazilian supermodel born in 1980 (8) 22 R&B or ____ and blues (6) 24 Pop ___ , music competition TV series created by Simon Fuller (4) 25 Ralph, classic English stage actor (10) 27 Richard, Monarch Of The Glen actor (6) 28 Fictional island nation in Gulliver’s Travels (8)

DOWN

1 Arboreal nocturnal lemur of Madagascar (3-3) 2 Short parodic performance (4) 3 _____ Arquette, Boyhood actress (8) 4 Latin American percussion instrument (7) 5 Hinder or thwart (6) 6 He designed Spain’s Guggenheim Museum (5,5) 7 1971 musical written as a series of parables (8) 13 Lust For Life U.S. singer/songwriter (4,3,3) 16 Bat and ball game played around a set of bases (8) 18 PDF or _____ document format (8) 19 Bone at a finger joint (7) 21 Belief contrary to a religion’s principles (6) 23 Establish a link electronically (4,2) 26 Lower house of the Irish parliament (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.