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 Adjustable, spanner-like tools used for gripping and turning nuts (8)

5 A ceremonial officer of a church or institution (6)

10 Wine ____, a sensory examination and evaluation of alcoholic drinks (7)

11 An unsophisticated woman, especially in a play or film (7)

12 A distinctive, typically pleasant smell (5)

13 Phrase that means ‘showing conformity’ (2,7)

14 Shafts containing water in which coins are dropped in the hope of having a desire granted (7,5)

18 Play by Ben Jonson, first performed in 1610 (3,9)

21 In a rudimentary stage with potential for development (9)

23 Jeremy, actor born in 1933 who played Sherlock Holmes on TV (5)

24 A site for the operation of military planes (7)

25 Historical novel by Walter Scott, published in 1819 (7)

26 Describing a fake product used as a substitute (6)

27 The space above a driver or passenger in a vehicle (8)

DOWN

1 River on which the city of Lincoln stands (6)

2 Sheena, singer who sang the theme song for the James Bond film For Your Eyes Only (6)

3 Song by David Bowie that was a hit in 1983 (5,4)

4 Body of water in which the Dover Strait is the narrowest part (7,7)

6 A score of two strokes under par in golf (5)

7 City in Virginia that served as the final capital of the Confederacy in 1865 (8)

8 To give vitality and enthusiasm to (8)

9 A device used in dairies to extract liquid from cows (7,7)

15 Informal term for a person’s stomach with lean and welldefined muscles (9)

16 Part of a ship once offering cheapest accommodation for passengers (8)

17 Three-headed dog in Greek mythology guarding entry to the underworld (8)

19 ____ Tull, agriculturist who invented the horse-drawn seed drill (6)

20 Islands In The ____, Ernest Hemingway novel whose title was used for a 1983 hit song (6)

22 A fermenting agent used to raise bread dough (5)

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