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

8 A set of songs, albums and musical artists that a radio station broadcasts (8)

9 Pam ____, long-standing Songs

Of Praise presenter (6)

10 The study or use of methods of freeing oneself from any sort of constraint or confinement (10)

11 Revenge of the ___ , Episode III in the Star Wars film series released in 2005 (4)

12 ____ Bocelli, Italian tenor whose first compilation album Romanza was released in 1997 (6)

14 A hot sauce of Portuguese origin that is made from red chilli peppers (4-4)

15 U.S. state nicknamed

the Empire State (3,4)

17 A small item of food of salty or spicy flavour usually eaten as a snack (7)

20 Island country formerly known as Ceylon separated from India by the Palk Strait (3,5)

22 A small, round stone fruit that is typically bright or dark red (6)

24 A small bay or inlet where

boats may shelter (4)

25 A row of small pillars joined by a rail forming an ornamental barrier along the edge of a balcony or terrace (10)

27 ____ Clarke, English actress who played Daenerys Targaryen in Game Of Thrones (6)

28 A thick, cotton cloth with parallel, raised lines on the outside (8)

DOWN

1 ____ Steadman, English actress who played Pam Shipman in TV sitcom Gavin & Stacey (6)

2 ____ Banks, U.S. model and TV personality born in 1973 (4)

3 A monster with the body of a man and head of a bull in Greek mythology (8)

4 Informal term for badtempered or obstreperous (7)

5 Like A ____ , song by Madonna released in 1989 (6)

6 A large tuba that encircles the player’s body and has a bell facing forwards (10)

7 A person whose job is to repair old buildings, paintings or furniture (8)

13 A substance secreted by honeybee workers and fed to larvae raised as potential queens (5,5)

16 Irritatingly catchy tunes (8)

18 Descent or family line (8)

19 A device for fastening two things together (7)

21 ____ Desert, rocky and rugged area found in northeastern Sudan (6)

23 ____ favourite, a horse, team or competitor that is strongly fancied to win (3-3)

26 Michel Albert ____, chef who was a judge on TV cooking show MasterChef: The Professionals (4)

SOLUTION TOMORROW