GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

WIN A LUXURY CROSS PEN

ACROSS

8 Seaside resort on Rhodes (8) 9 Southernmost island province of China (6) 10 Sarah, Tipping the Velvet novelist (6) 11 Alberta’s capital (8) 12 Samuel Morse sent the first one from Washington to Baltimore in 1844 (8) 13 Danny, film score composer and collaborator with Tim Burton (6) 14 Light sword with a triangular cross-section used in fencing (4) 16 Ben, John Profumo actor in The Trial of Christine Keeler (5) 17 English singer noted for her album Life For Rent (4) 18 Charles Francis, real name of Professor X, founder of the X-Men (6) 20 Death Of A _____ , Arthur Miller play published in 1949 (8) 23 Nationality of boxer Manny Pacquiao (8) 24 Oxford suburb noted for its car production (6) 25 The masseter is an example of one (6) 26 John, Danny actor in Grease (8)

DOWN

1 Glass flask for serving wine at a table (6) 2 A striped semiprecious quartz gem used in jewellery (8) 3 ____ salad, one with lettuce, Parmesan cheese and croutons served with oil, lemon juice and garlic (6) 4 Fictional schoolboy of St Custard’s co-created by Ronald Searle (5,10) 5 Emma, late actress who played the verger Alice Horton in The Vicar Of Dibley (8) 6 The ___ __ The Four, second novel featuring Sherlock Holmes (4,2) 7 One keenly interested in Gilbert and Sullivan operettas (8) 15 _____ disc, an album in the UK certified to have sold 300,000 units (8) 16 Tony, original member of boy band East 17 who wrote the song Stay Another Day (8) 17 Elinor, heroine in Jane Austen’s Sense And Sensibility (8) 19 Stupidity (6) 21 ____ Freud, British portrait painter and draughtsman (6) 22 One of the three Greek Furies (6)

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.