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 Jacob, Conservative politician, first elected to Parliament in 2010 (4-4)

5 Sam, Lebanese businessman who owned Cardiff City FC (6)

10 Daniel ____, novel by George Eliot published in 1876 (7)

11 1976 horror film starring Gregory Peck and Lee Remick (3,4)

12 Birds with glossy black plumage whose collective term is a murder (5)

13 Singer whose first solo UK No. 1 was I’m Still Waiting, in 1971 (5,4)

14 One who creates artwork for magazines, newspapers etc. (12)

18 A query in a formal debate as to whether correct procedure is followed (5,2,5)

21 Name of Elvis Presley’s mansion in Memphis, Tennessee (9)

23 Charles, writer noted for his novel The Cloister And The Hearth (5)

24 One who attributes a living soul to plants and natural phenomena (7)

25 U.S. air force base in Maryland, built in 1942 (7)

26 ____ Bartlett, entrepreneur noted for his podcast The Diary Of A CEO (6)

27 To breach or contravene (8)

DOWN

1 To delete words from a text before it is made public (6)

2 To fix firmly in the earth (6)

3 Garment of which Andre Courreges is often credited as the inventor (9)

4 Video game series with editions called San Andreas and Vice City (5,5,4)

6 A venue surrounded by seating in which sports, concerts etc. are held (5)

7 Large, typically hairy extinct elephants of the Pleistocene epoch (8)

8 ____ Of Sound, London nightclub and home of dance music that opened in 1991 (8)

9 Expression meaning ‘in a state of bitter hostility’ (2,7,5)

15 Teenage spy created by Anthony Horowitz (4,5)

16 A small telescope (8)

17 To bring to a conclusion (8)

19 Underground tourist attraction in Derbyshire, the Blue John ____ (6)

20 Fictional cowgirl rag doll who debuted in Toy Story 2 (6)

22 Indie folk ballad by Taylor Swift featuring Bon Iver, released in 2020 (5)