Scottish Daily Mail

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

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WIN A LUXURY CROSS PEN ACROSS

8 Danny, English rugby union fly-half and full-back who has played for Wasps and Gloucester (8)

9 2009 U.S. sci-fi film starring Sam Worthingto­n as disabled ex-Marine Jake Sully (6)

10 Competitiv­e TV cooking show judged by Gregg Wallace and John Torode (10)

11 Sadiq, Labour politician elected Mayor of London in 2016 (4)

12 John, former TV football commentato­r whose trademark outfit was a sheepskin coat (6)

14 Number represente­d by XIX in Roman numerals (8)

15 Reinhold, Italian mountainee­r and explorer who made the first solo ascent of Mount Everest in 1980 (7)

17 A yellow, mouse-like Pokémon which stores electricit­y in its cheeks (7)

20 To fit or join together neatly (8)

22 Actual surname of U.S. singer/songwriter and musician Prince (6)

24 A plant with long tapering leaves and showy flowers, also called fleur-de-lis (4)

25 One giving immediate treatment to a wounded or sick person before full medical attention (5-5) 27 A short sleep (6)

28 Bogey and double bogey are examples of this type of score in golf (5,3)

DOWN

1 British publishing company founded in 1973 by Carmen Callil dedicated to writing on feminist topics (6)

2 A badly behaved child (4)

3 Jennifer, U.S. actress who played Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games films (8)

4 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ well, one that is supposed to make desires expressed at it come true (7)

5 William, English explorer who gave his name to a ‘bay’ separating Canada from Greenland (6)

6 Sport played in the U.S. by the Chicago Bulls and New York Knicks (10)

7 Town in Galilee that was Jesus’s boyhood home (8)

13 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ bridge, one with a roadway hanging on cables stretched between elevated piers (10)

16 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ gland, one that makes substances secreted through a duct to the body’s surface (8)

18 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ key, one that is turned in a motor vehicle to fire the engine (8)

19 Patron saint of firefighte­rs and chimney sweeps (7)

21 _ _ _ _ _ _ Pennyworth, Batman’s butler and assistant (6)

23 The Magic Flute and Don Giovanni are noted ones by Austrian composer Mozart (6) 26 A mountain goat with large, ridged, backward curving horns (4)

SOLUTION TOMORROW

 ??  ?? 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.
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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