GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

WIN A LUXURY CROSS PEN

ACROSS

8 Terms of Endearment actress (8) 9 Island paradise in Arthurian legend (6) 10 U.S. state with Union Jack in its flag (6) 11 William the Conqueror’s dukedom (8) 12 Catcher in the Rye author (8) 13 Israeli currency (6) 14 Evelyn Waugh novel published in 1942 (3,3,4,5) 18 Athens’ rival in the Peloponnesian War (6) 20 The Dons who play football at Pittodrie (8) 23 Monaco’s royal house (8) 24 Treeless South American plains (6) 25 Cleaning the __ stables, Herculean labour (6) 26 Half a minim (8)

DOWN

1 Lightweight hand-plaited men’s hat (6) 2 He plays Michael Corleone in The Godfather (2,6) 3 Scandinavian seafaring warrior (6) 4 Vitruvian Man drawer (8,2,5) 5 Sport played with netted sticks (8) 6 Zimbabwe’s capital (6) 7 ____ Variations, Bach’s keyboard music (8) 15 Boxing punch (8) 16 Country that includes Phuket (8) 17 Woman assuming aristocratic airs (4,4) 19 ‘Desert Fox’ German general (6) 21 Caveat ___, let the buyer beware (6) 22 Protective tooth covering (6)