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 Eurodance song by Italian singer Gala, which reached No. 2 in the UK charts (5,4,6)

8 ____ Road, street in central and north London noted for its Middle Eastern restaurants (7)

9 Having a spinning

motion (7)

10 ____ Bowman, Scottish radio DJ who hosted TV series Life Cinematic (5) 11 Highly specialised subjects or publications (9)

12 A small axe with a

short handle (7)

14 To make confused (5)

15 Hindu-Buddhist empire in Southeast Asia based around northern Cambodia (5)

17 Sisters in Greek mythology who turned anyone who looked at them to stone (7)

19 Port town in Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland (9)

22 A Japanese breed

of large dog (5)

23 A tall beer mug with a handle and sometimes a hinged lid (7)

24 Nationality of Newcastle United FC striker Alexander Isak (7)

25 An event such as an earthquake, tsunami or volcanic eruption (7,8)

DOWN

1 Choreographer and director of the Royal Ballet, born in 1904 (9,6)

2 Arthur, actor who played maintenance man Mr Harman in Are You Being Served? (7)

3 Fictional space station featured in the Star Wars film series (5,4)

4 ____ Shearsmith, actor and comedian in The League Of Gentlemen (5)

5 A large nest of an eagle or

another bird of prey (5)

6 Phrase meaning giving a

shortened version (2,5)

7 School educator who swaps jobs with another in a foreign country (8,7)

9 Wayne, saxophonist and composer who was a jazzrock fusion pioneer (7)

13 Daisy, actress who plays Ally Grant in TV dark comedy series Breeders (7)

14 Italian for ‘good evening’ (9) 16 French artist, Maurice, a member of Les Fauves and later a major artist in glass (7)

18 Transport for people going up a mountain slope in winter resorts (3,4)

20 2008 Grammy-nominated worldwide hit for Jordin Sparks (2,3)

21 Francis, co-founder and lead vocalist of Status Quo (5)

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