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 Of an advanced standard of design and workmanship (4,4)

9 Richard, U.S. fashion and portrait photographer who was born in New York in 1923 (6)

10 An upright pole fixed in the keel of a sailing vessel to support the sails (4)

11 Places in public buildings where outdoor clothes or luggage may be left (10)

12 An ungracious or abrupt spurning of an offer, request or friendly gesture (6)

14 A small, edible shoaling fish found in European waters (8)

15 English landscape painter born in East Bergholt in Suffolk in 1776 (4,9)

17 A dish of cream curdled with wine, flavoured and frothed up (8)

19 An electric horn or

warning hooter (6)

21 The art of managing central governmental business (10)

22 Will, English wood restoration expert on TV’s The Repair Shop (4) 23 Gerald, English cartoonist and illustrator noted for his grotesque caricatures of public figures (6)

24 ____ confession, one made at the very end of life, usually relating to a crime or secret (8)

DOWN

1 An optical illusion, appearing as a floating or shimmering image like water on the horizon (6)

2 ____ show, a radio or TV programme in which invited guests talk informally with the presenter (4)

3 Exact or precise with respect to the fulfilment or terms of something (8)

4 The Day Of The ____, 1973 film starring Edward Fox as a mysterious assassin (6)

5 Dislike of or prejudice towards people and cultures that are foreign or seen as alien (10)

6 The interchange of merchandise on a large scale between nations or individuals (8)

8 A durable plastic or wood slab on which foods such as meat and vegetables are cut (8,5)

13 The fabrics and materials used in the covering and stuffing of furniture (10)

15 The control column

of an aircraft (8)

16 English boy band noted for their albums Everything Changes, Progress and Wonderland (4,4)

18 Hyacinth, character played by Patricia Routledge in Keeping Up Appearances (6)

20 Tina, actress who has played Coronation Street’s Sarah Platt since 1999 (6)

22 Helmut, German politician who was the last Chancellor of West Germany (4)

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