GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

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.

ACROSS

5 William, Ken Barlow actor in Coronation Street (6) 7 Lenin’s first name (8) 9 ____ Llewelyn-Bowen, Changing Rooms presenter (8) 10 Electrum is an alloy of gold and this metal (6) 11 DI Alec Hardy actor in Broadchurch (5,7) 13 Daryl, Kill Bill actress (6) 15 2013 Disney musical fantasy film (6) 18 Fatherland and Pompeii novelist (6,6) 21 David Bowie album released in 1977 (6) 22 Greek philosopher who took hemlock (8) 23 Roman emperor whose name means ‘Little Boot’ (8) 24 U.S. rapper who starred in 8 Mile (6)

DOWN

1 Arachnid with pincers and a venomous sting (8) 2 Family name of the sisters in Pride and Prejudice (6) 3 Character in three Shakespeare plays (8) 4 Person who speaks two languages (6) 6 José María, two-time U.S. Masters winning Spanish golfer (8) 7 Capital city home to The Spanish Riding School (6) 8 Charles, U.S. classical composer (4) 12 Long-haired lapdog originating from China (8) 14 Summer shrub of the mallow family (8) 16 __ __ _ Havana, Graham Greene novel (3,3,2) 17 ____ Brown, U.S. choreographer and dancer (6) 18 Callow recruit (6) 19 Ball game played with curved sticks (6) 20 Cheese traditionally found in a Greek salad (4)

SOLUTION TOMORROW