GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

5 News item with the latest information (6) 7 Barack Obama’s wife and author of Becoming (8) 9 French town on the Bay of Biscay (8) 10 Greek muse and patron of astronomy (6) 11 The world’s largest lizard (6,6) 13 Goods thrown overboard and washed up on shore (6) 15 Fictional kingdom created by C.S. Lewis (6) 18 Fear of baldness (12) 21 Justin, Canadian singer/songwriter noted for the single Baby (6) 22 Cliff, Canadian ex-snooker player nicknamed The Grinder (8) 23 Mary, ex-Irish president born in Belfast (8) 24 U.S. rapper who co-founded the Shady Records label (6)

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1 Wigan ____ , rugby league Super League team (8) 2 Chihuahua dogs come from this country (6) 3 Barry, ex-boxer nicknamed The Clones Cyclone (8) 4 French general who led the WWII Vichy government (6) 6 Harry Potter And The ____ Of Azkaban, published in 1999 (8) 7 The Magic Flute opera composer (6) 8 ____ Griffin, leading female character in Family Guy (4) 12 Ornamental metallic lacework of gold and silver (8) 14 1971 Epsom Derby winning horse (4,4) 16 Type of parallelogram (8) 17 Swan Lake’s princess (6) 18 Fictitious creature, one of which without toes titles an Edward Lear poem (6) 19 Mr ____ , The Diary Of A Nobody’s main character (6) 20 Brass is an alloy of copper and this metal (4)

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.