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

1 A person skilled in the design and construction of e.g. homes (6,7)

8 Princess played by Erin Doherty and Claudia Harrison in The Crown (4)

9 Creatures that are used to carry loads, sometimes called sumpters (4,6)

10 Film genre to which the directors Wes Craven and George A. Romero belong (6)

11 A fellow member of a sports side (8)

12 ____ sauce, a condiment that is a blend of tomatoes, mayonnaise, pepper etc. (5,4)

14 Aaron, main narrator in the stage musical Hamilton (4)

15 ____ Karno, music hall impresario born in 1866 (4)

16 Author noted for her Gothic horror novel The Woman In Black (5,4)

20 ____ design, the art of creating functional spaces within a building (8)

21 City in New Jersey settled by Puritans in 1666 (6)

23 Heated parts of buildings for cleaning and refreshing the body (5,5)

24 ____ Bunton, singersongwriter who was Baby Spice in the Spice Girls (4)

25 U.S. jazz saxophonist born in 1920, nicknamed Bird (7,6)

DOWN

1 City in central Argentina noted for its wine production (7)

2 A false accusation intended to damage someone’s reputation (5)

3 The ____, name for Darth Sidious in the original Star Wars film trilogy (7)

4 Expression meaning ‘returning to the start with no progress made’ (4,2,6,3)

5 The goddess of love in Mesopotamian religion (6)

6 Ivy League college in Hanover, New Hampshire founded in 1769 (9)

7 To gain admission again (2-5)

13 Singer and actress noted for the hit song Flashdance... What A Feeling (5,4)

15 A single-minded zealot (7) 17 Inability to recognise objects by use of the senses (7)

18 Surname derived from the name of one who makes bits, spurs and metal mouldings for bridles and saddles (7)

19 The ___, peninsula bounded by the Rivers Dee and Mersey (6)

22 A predatory marine mollusc with a pointed spiral shell (5)

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