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

7 A general term for an animal of the cat family (6)

8 Military leader who was crowned Emperor of the French in 1804 (8)

9 Racehorse ridden by Bob Champion that won the 1981 Grand National (8)

10 ____ job, a crime committed with the assistance of someone linked to the victim (6)

11 English rock and blues singer/songwriter noted for his 1989 song The Road To Hell (Part 2) (5,3)

12 ____ red, a striking reddish gold colour named after a Venetian painter who used it (6)

13 British aircraft manufacturer that produced the World War II Spitfire fighter plane (11)

18 Indira, Indian prime minister assassinated in 1984 (6)

20 Clothes designed to keep one warm in cold weather (8)

22 Second studio album by girls’ group Little Mix released in 2013 (6)

23 One who plays a keyboard wind instrument with a set of pipes (8)

24 ____ society, institution that advances money to its members as mortgages for homes (8)

25 ____ Island, Chilean territory in the Pacific Ocean noted for its carved figures with giant heads (6)

DOWN

1 Rich or prosperous (7)

2 An Italian dessert of sponge soaked in coffee and marsala layered with mascarpone and chocolate (8)

3 ____ service, a term for the Royal Navy (6)

4 ____ group, one that breaks away from a larger one to form a separate organisation (8)

5 U.S. term for a cupboard (6)

6 British swimmer who won gold in the 200 metres freestyle at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics (3,4)

8 U.S. astronaut played by Ryan Gosling in the 2018 film First Man (4,9)

14 A widespread outbreak of disease (8)

15 The quality of having a diminished power of sensation (8)

16 Figure brought back to life by Jesus in St John’s Gospel (7)

17 Brian, English actor born in 1936 noted for his booming voice (7)

19 ____ entendre, a word or phrase with two meanings, one less polite (6)

21 A young bird of prey (6)