GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

WIN A LUXURY CROSS PEN SEE BELOW

ACROSS

1 Actor who played DCI Gene Hunt in Life On Mars and Ashes To Ashes (6,9) 9 Brief in speech or writing (7) 10 The House Of The ___, Isabel Allende novel (7) 11 Nickname of William Simmonite, Bill Owen’s character in Last Of The Summer Wine (5) 12 One who frequents, say, La Scala in Milan (5,4) 13 Another name for Polaris in the constellation Ursa

Minor (5,4) 15 James, Ulysses author (5) 16 A kingdom (5) 18 Person receiving a yearly pay-out from a financial

investment (9) 20 ___ Only We Know, 2004 single by Keane, covered by Lily

Allen in 2013 (9) 23 A modern development of lotto often played in public

halls (5) 24 Actress Natalie Portman has this nationality by birth (7) 25 Nottinghamshire town known as the Gateway to The

Dukeries (7) 26 A large severance payment as compensation for

dismissal, redundancy or early retirement (6,9)

DOWN

1 Designated walkway traversing a road with traffic lights activated by pedestrians (7,8) 2 A visitor or recent arrival to an area (7) 3 English ex-cricketing all-rounder nominated for a peerage in July 2020 (3,6) 4 A house lizard found in warmer regions noted for climbing walls (5) 5 English singer/songwriter born in 1991 whose albums include +, × and ÷ (2,7) 6 Playa d’en Bossa is a holiday resort on this island (5) 7 A group of three related literary works (7) 8 A colloquial term for a pastry dish made from leftovers of previous meals (12,3) 14 Term formerly used of the son of a Russian ruler (9) 15 Informal term for habitual criminals who frequent

prisons (9) 17 A commander of a naval fleet or squadron (7) 19 Loss of memory (7) 21 Black Forest river that meets the Rhine at Basle (5) 22 ____ van der Sar, Dutch ex-goalkeeper for Manchester

United (5)