GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

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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. SEE BELOW

ACROSS

1 Title acquired by King Edward VIII after his abdication (4,2,7) 8 A young deer (4) 9 Completion of a duty, hope, promise or threat (10) 10 Muscular U.S. cartoon character and sailor created by EC Segar (6) 11 Term for a merchant ship operating in the British Empire, often preceded by East or West (8) 12 The first point scored in tennis after deuce (9) 14 Scottish term for a church (4) 15 ____ Cantona, French actor and ex-footballer for Manchester United (4) 16 Area of rolling hills between the Thames and Severn Valleys noted for its golden-coloured limestone (9) 20 Miniscule character of English folklore (3,5) 21 24 Sussex Drive is the prime ministerial residence in this national capital (6) 23 Arkansas’s state capital (6,4) 24 Scut is the name for this part of a hare or rabbit (4) 25 Insulated containers for keeping drinks hot or cold (7,6)

DOWN

1 Blood _____ , 2006 thriller film starring Leonardo DiCaprio (7) 2 ____ West, U.S. rapper, producer and fashion designer born in 1977 (5) 3 Eccentric or unusual (7) 4 Waterproof rubber or plastic footwear named after an English duke (10,5) 5 River or spring nymphs in Greek mythology (6) 6 Word of Italian and Spanish origin meaning likeable or congenial (9) 7 To pillage or plunder (7) 13 ______ Onassis, Greek shipping magnate and Jacqueline Kennedy’s second husband (9) 15 A self-obsessed person (7) 17 Breathing tube used by a person swimming underwater (7) 18 Jack, the Artful Dodger’s real name in Oliver Twist (7) 19 The Louvre is a noted one in Paris (6) 22 Ballerina’s skirts (5)

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