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 The distinctive dress or uniform of a trade guild (6) 8 The annual Nobel Prize Awards ceremony takes place in this month (8) 9 Light midafternoon meal traditionally including scones, jam and a pot of hot drink (5,3) 10 Personal memorials of a saint, usually held in reverence as a mark of faith (6) 11 A person employed to do small jobs for people in their homes (8) 12 To tempt or lead astray (6) 13 Treatment of a person’s illness or pain by sticking small needles into their body (11) 18 A grasping claw or forceps-like organ (6) 20 The Royal Pavilion remodelled by architect John Nash is in this English resort (8) 22 ____ Fisher, late U.S. actress who played Princess Leia in the Star Wars films (6) 23 U.S. multinational conglomerate created in 2015 that is Google’s parent company (8) 24 James, co-founder and lead vocalist of U.S. heavy metal band Metallica (8) 25 Latin phrase meaning ‘in its

intended position’ (2,4)

DOWN

1 Rick, U.S. author who created Percy Jackson & the Olympians book series for young adults (7) 2 Relating to the science of recording genealogies and blazoning coats of arms (8) 3 ____ error, a computing software malfunction arising from e.g. a bug in a code or a corrupt file (6) 4 ____ Johansson, Danish-U.S. actress who plays Black Widow in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (8) 5 A charm worn to ward off evil or disease (6) 6 Trevor, late English actor who played bumbling parish councillor Jim Trott in The Vicar of Dibley (7) 8 Part of a kitchen sink unit where cups, plates and cutlery are left to dry (8,5) 14 Lucy, English actress who plays Chas Dingle in Emmerdale (8) 15 To perform e.g. a play for private practice or trial (8) 16 A mosque tower from which the call to prayer is given (7) 17 Nicola, former Girls Aloud singer who won first series of The Masked Singer as Queen Bee (7) 19 A flask of wine for a table (6) 21 To damage or spoil (6)