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

7 ____ paper, item on which voters indicate their choice in an election (6)

8 Hermetically sealed (8) 9 Smooth substance rubbed on the skin for cosmetic or medicinal purposes (8) 10 ____ latte, a type of coffee with non-fat or skimmed milk (6)

11 Carrie, CIA employee played by Claire Danes in Homeland (8)

12 An omen or sign of what will happen in the future (6)

13 Maitre d’hotel on First Dates who was a 2023 I’m A Celebrity... contestant (4,7)

18 Figurative term for one who annoys others to provoke them into action (6)

20 Month that features

Armistice Day (8)

22 Manuel, Swiss defender who joined Manchester City FC in 2022 (6)

23 The oldest surviving

bridge in Paris (4,4)

24 The only road running event in the Olympics (8)

25 To prolong in any

direction (6)

DOWN

1 Last Tango In ____, TV comedy drama series starring Anne Reid (7)

2 Dexter, English director of films including Eddie The Eagle and Rocketman (8)

3 ____ fracture, a small crack or break in an otherwise normal bone (6) 4 An Italian white wine whose name derives from a town near Rome (8)

5 A short track off a railway line used for shunting trains (6)

6 Type of popular music combining Punjabi folk with Western pop (7)

8 Length of time a person can concentrate on a subject (9,4)

14 ____ robbery, informal term

for an excessive charge (8) 15 Resistance to a particular

infectious disease (8)

16 A large bird with black and dark grey plumage with a reputation for thieving habits (7)

17 Small, shiny discs sewn on to clothing for decoration (7)

19 Frank, actor who starred in the 1976 TV version of Bouquet Of Barbed Wire (6) 21 Department in western France noted for its long coastline (6)

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