GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD WIN A LUXURY CROSS PEN
Play our accumulator game! every day this week, solve the crossword to find the letter in the pink circle. On thursday, we’ll provide instructions to submit your four-letter word for your chance to win a luxury Cross pen. uK residents aged 18+, excl ni. terms apply. entries cost 50p
ACROSS
A strong, typically waterproof bag carried on the back, often used by hikers and climbers (8) A light, often single-storey house assembled from already constructed components (6) The Lake District National Park is in this county (7) Oscar and ____ , 1988 novel by Peter Carey that won the Booker Prize (7) Unsuitable (5) One who lends money at excessively high rates of interest (4,5) Edgar Allan Poe and Susan Hill are writers noted for these chilling tales (5,7) One who goes on a pleasure trip (12) Detroit Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs are among leading teams in this sport (3,6) 23 To cook over a fire (5) 24 Frankie, British theatre and cabaret singer dubbed Mr Moonlight (7) Professional name of U.S. singer/songwriter James Osterberg Junior born in 1947 (4,3) Vic, stage name of comedian Jim Moir who played Colin Callen in Coronation Street in 2017 (6) Glandular tissue at the back of the nose (8) 1 5 10 11 12 13 14 18 21 25 26 27
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Shane, actor who played Alfie Moon in EastEnders (6) ____ trousers, loose-fitting ones with side pockets, as worn by soldiers in action (6) A frame with two poles and canvas for carrying sick or wounded people (9) English novelist who created the characters Tiny Tim and Bob Cratchit (7,7) Arborio and carnaroli are two Italian varieties of these staple grains (5) 1940 Disney animated film with segments set to classical music (8) Of a salty taste (8) Single by the Pet Shop Boys that was UK Christmas No 1 in 1987 (6,2,2,4) A female sex hormone (9) Daydream ____ , song by The Monkees released in 1967 (8) A timetable or programme of events (8) Taiwan’s capital (6) Marie, botanist and social worker who founded Britain’s first birth control clinic in 1921 (6) A pale brownish-yellow colour (5)