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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

WIN A LUXURY CROSS PEN

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ACROSS

5 To rouse from sleep (6) 7 Mythical Greek who built the labyrinth for King Minos (8) 9 Volcanic outburst (8) 10 One who puts together a film by selecting recorded material (6) 11 Hit disco song by U.S. singer Gloria Gaynor (1,4,7) 13 ____ acid, which is produced by muscles after exercise (6) 15 An artificial undergroun­d passage (6) 18 Rhyming slang

for feet (6,2,4) 21 Sally, the character created by Christophe­r Isherwood, who is the protagonis­t of the musical Cabaret (6) 22 The Buddha Of ____, autobiogra­phical novel by Hanif Kureishi (8) 23 Force applied to the surface of an object, measured in pascals (8) 24 Just the ____, expression meaning ‘exactly what is needed’ (6)

DOWN

1 Informal term for a

military chaplain (3,5) 2 Molluscs with single

round shells (6) 3 ____ Wong, British actor whose character in the Marvel films is also named Wong (8) 4 Extreme scarcity

of food (6) 6 Heavy-duty clothing

for physical or manual labour (8) 7 People who give money

to charities (6) 8 A thick noodle made

from wheat flour used in Japanese cuisine (4) 12 Sleep-inducing drug (8) 14 In cookery, a sauce consisting of mushrooms and white wine (8) 16 The understand­ing of and ability to work with numbers (8) 17 Cowgirl doll in Toy Story 2, voiced by Joan Cusack (6) 18 Nationalit­y of composer

Frédéric Chopin (6) 19 Curved paths of celestial

bodies or spacecraft (6) 20 Number of Hogwarts houses in the Harry Potter series (4)

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.
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.

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