GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

WIN A LUXURY CROSS PEN SEE BELOW ACROSS

7 As You Like It heroine (8) 9 U.S. state nicknamed Beaver (6) 10 Mercian king memorialised by a dyke (4) 11 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang author (3,7) 12 French President after François Mitterrand (6) 14 Means of starting car engine (8) 15 Leonard Bernstein musical (4,4,5) 17 Danish fairy tale writer (8) 19 Dennis, Australian fast bowler (6) 21 American Pastoral author (6,4) 22 Scottish steam engine inventor (4) 23 ___ Ecclestone, ex-Formula One supremo (6) 24 Mill on the Floss family (8)

DOWN

1 Scrubbing sponge (6) 2 Island containing Indonesia’s capital (4) 3 Plant of mallow family (8) 4 King of Ragtime composer (6) 5 Reunified Germany’s first Chancellor (6,4) 6 Spiny-finned edible sea fish (4,4) 8 Short-legged rough-coated terrier (6,7) 13 Isabella, Blue Velvet actress (10) 15 Namibia’s capital (8) 16 National Exhibition Centre’s home (8) 18 Private in Royal Engineers (6) 20 ____ Rantzen, That’s Life! presenter (6) 22 Legal document (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.