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 Orangutans are found in this island and the Indonesian island of Sumatra (6) 8 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Islands, name given by James Cook to what is now the Hawaiian chain (8) 9 Lou Gehrig and Joe DiMaggio were noted players of this sport (8) 10 This Old Testament book includes the giving of the Ten Commandments at Mount Sinai (6) 11 The spread of a people beyond their traditional homeland (8) 12 A loose sheet placed inside the folds of a newspaper or periodical (6) 13 One who watches over students at an examination (11) 18 Finland’s pre-euro currency (6) 20 Leader who led the French to victory against the Austrians at the Battle of Marengo in 1800 (8) 22 Molly, heroine of an Irish folk song who sold cockles and mussels on the streets of Dublin (6) 23 Ottorino, Italian composer noted for the tone poem Pines of Rome (8) 24 Richard, original presenter of the TV game show Countdown (8) 25 In a greasy or unctuous way (6)
DOWN
1 Transylvania, a region associated with the legend of Dracula, is in this country (7) 2 Elizabeth Garrett _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , the first woman in the UK to qualify as a professional doctor in 1865 (8) 3 Mr _ _ _ _ _ _ Head, character in the Toy Story film franchise voiced by Don Rickles (6) 4 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Jolie, U.S. actress who directed the 2014 war film Unbroken (8) 5 Steep descents, such as those of raptors onto their prey (6) 6 Insurance professional who calculates long-term risks (7) 8 Charitable religious movement founded in 1865 whose official news publication is The War Cry (9,4) 14 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Huppert, French actress who played the lead role in the 2016 thriller Elle (8) 15 Brent and Ekofisk are two examples of such in the North Sea (8) 16 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Bedingfield, British singer/songwriter whose single These Words reached No 1 in 2004 (7) 17 A cavity formed in a road surface (7) 19 _ _ _ _ _ _ Ash, place where Ken Dodd’s helpers The Diddy Men worked (6) 21 A cylindrical piece moving to and fro in a hollow cylinder in engines and pumps (6)