GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

WIN A LUXURY CROSS PEN

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 Legendary bird ridden by Vishnu that gives its name to Indonesia’s national airline (6) 7 Yellowish-green pungent gas and halogen (8) 9 Gemma, actress who played Lisa Hunter

in Hollyoaks (8) 10 John, Scottish mathematician who originated the concept of logarithms (6) 11 Ring-shaped region between Mars and Jupiter occupied by minor planets (8,4) 13 Jacqueline, Bullitt actress (6) 15 Inadequate or lean (6) 18 U.S.-born painter noted for The Death of

General Wolfe (8,4) 21 David, French DJ and electronic

music producer (6) 22 Media tycoon played by Brian Cox

in Succession (5,3) 23 Cheek or rashness (8) 24 A sailor’s song often sung during heavy work (6) DOWN 1 A collective noun for ferrets (8) 2 Lieutenant under the title character’s command in Othello (6) 3 1704 battle in the War of the Spanish Succession won by the Duke of Marlborough (8) 4 The axilla is the technical term for this part of the human body (6) 6 _____ licence, freedom to deviate from the truth in a creative work (8) 7 Mount Logan is this country’s highest mountain (6) 8 ___ Fielding, part of The Mighty Boosh comedy troupe (4) 12 John, Deputy Prime Minister 1997-2007 (8) 14 Zanzibar is an island region of this country (8) 16 Noted embankment on the river Nile (5,3) 17 UK shipping forecast area north of Rockall (6) 18 Gerard, actor who played King Leonidas in 300 (6) 19 To take into the body (6) 20 David, Scottish philosopher born in 1711 (4) SOLUTION TOMORROW