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.

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ACROSS

7 ____ stables, cleaned by Hercules in a labour (6) 8 English actress, model and entrepreneur, founder of Impossible (4,4) 9 Species of two-humped camel native to Asia (8) 10 U.S. general nicknamed Old Blood and Guts (6) 11 _____ Velvet, 1944 film starring Elizabeth Taylor (8) 12 Yellow Teletubby with a curled antenna on her head (3-3) 13 Fictional coffee shop in Friends (7,4) 18 Native American people led by Geronimo (6) 20 The Tales Of _____ , Offenbach opera (8) 22 ____ Mansion, New York City mayor’s official

residence (6) 23 Hoofed animal (8) 24 Four-wheeled glass-fronted carriage for four passengers (8) 25 ___ Koeman, ex-Southampton and Everton manager (6)

DOWN

1 Liqueur flavoured with laraha orange peel (7) 2 Irish boy band formed in 1998 (8) 3 Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar’s nationality (6) 4 Flimsy sandal with a thong between toes (4-4) 5 Nova ____ , maritime province in Canada (6) 6 Horse behind first three finishers in a race (4-3) 8 Marquess of Bath’s seat and stately home (8,5) 14 Comic featuring Dennis The Menace (3,5) 15 Charlotte, The Verdict actress (8) 16 Stick for stirring porridge (7) 17 ____ France, 1921 Nobel Literature Prize winner (7) 19 Marcus Tullius, Roman statesman and orator (6) 21 Le ____ , French daily newspaper founded in 1826 (6)

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