GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

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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 Indiana Jones And ____ , second instalment in the film series directed by Steven Spielberg (3,6,2,4)

8 Bullfighters who fight on foot (7)

9 ____ loan, one given to those taking courses at college or university to help pay their expenses (7)

10 To use resources or time in large quantities (3,2)

11 Axel, German illustrator known for children’s books such as The Gruffalo and its sequel (9)

12 ITV detective series of the 1990s that starred Derek Jacobi as the eponymous monk (7)

14 Signature song of Eric Clapton, recorded in 1970 for the only studio album by Derek And The Dominos (5)

15 A popular term for nettle rash (5)

17 Alexandra, English actress who plays Emma Brooker in Coronation Street (7)

19 To preside over admiring followers (4,5)

22 A set of eight things (5)

23 An organisation supplying the community with electricity, gas, water or sewerage (7)

24 Scottish former local council region that included the city of Dundee (7)

25 Term for economies making a shift from a preindustrial state towards modernisation (8,7)

DOWN

1 Novel by Virginia Woolf about a visit to the Isle of Skye (2,3,10)

2 Irregular or unpredictable in behaviour (7)

3 Ancient Greek tragic dramatist whose plays include Medea and Electra (9)

4 Insects that destroy cultivated plants (5)

5 A soft down from cotton (5)

6 A material that covers the surface of something (7)

7 Informal term for reckless driving on multi-lane roads (8,7)

9 A person highly knowledgeable in an academic subject (7)

13 A secure place for the storage of weapons (7)

14 English ex-midfielder who was appointed Birmingham City manager in 2021 (3,6)

16 Relating to or like a fox (7)

18 A network of small, diamond-shaped panes set in lead in a window (7)

20 ____ film, a stretchy transparent plastic used to wrap food (5)

21 Art, U.S. jazz pianist born in 1909 (5)

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