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

1 The control of an activity or enterprise to the smallest detail (15) 8 Token or not substantial (7) 9 Cos and round are varieties of this salad vegetable (7) 10 To be frugal or thrifty (5) 11 Opera by Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi that premiered in 1851 (9) 12 Liable to malfunction (7) 14 Ogre voiced by Mike Myers in an animated film series first released in 2001 (5) 15 The number of English kings with the regnal name Richard (5) 17 Grossly or offensively indecent (7) 19 Laziness (9) 22 Forbidden (5) 23 Mentally or physically sound (7) 24 An outburst of petulance or ill-temper (7) 25 Expression meaning ‘to cast aside reserve’ (3,4,4,4)

DOWN

1 Rocky islet in Normandy home to a Gothic-style Benedictine abbey (4,5-6) 2 Alan, Scottish-U.S. actor who played Ted Tinling in the 2017 tennis film Battle Of The Sexes (7) 3 Technical term for a wine lover (9) 4 Alfred, Austrian psychiatrist who originated the concept of the ‘inferiority complex’ (5) 5 To praise highly (5) 6 Imaginary circle running around the earth at 0° latitude (7) 7 2011 comedy stage musical about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints (3,4,2,6) 9 Cricket runs scored off the pads of the batting team (3,4) 13 George, U.S. actor who directed and starred in the 2014 war film The Monuments Men (7) 14 A bribe or inducement (9) 16 Glowing or shining (7) 18 A stoppage of trade by authorities (7) 20 Ancient language used in the epic poem the Aeneid (5) 21 A person temporarily engaged for a minor part in a film (5) SOLUTION TOMORROW