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 The ____, musical piece by Ralph Vaughan Williams inspired by a poem by George Meredith (4,9)

8 A golf club with an angled metal head (4)

9 Fear of ____ or FOMO, textspeak for the belief that others could be enjoying things without one’s company (7,3)

10 ____ McVey, Conservative politician first elected as an MP in 2010, and an ex-GMTV presenter (6)

11 A large sailing vessel for trade in the past between Europe and southern Asia (8)

12 A connective tissue found in the articulating surfaces of joints (9)

14 ____ Oliver, chef who began hosting Great British Menu in 2017 (4)

15 Tread on someone’s ____, expression meaning ‘to offend someone’ (4)

16 ‘Frankly, my dear, I don’t ____’, line by Rhett Butler in the 1940 film Gone With The Wind (4,1,4)

20 Rock band with Liam Gallagher as vocalist, formed in 2009 (5,3)

21 A loud and hearty laugh (6)

23 Country in central Asia that includes the

Fann Mountains (10)

24 ____ Musk, entrepreneur who became CEO of Twitter in 2022 (4)

25 UK charity for military veterans founded in 2007 (4,3,6)

DOWN

1 Largest city in the Thessaly

region of Greece (7)

2 ____ dressing, one for salads that is thick and white and made with sour cream or buttermilk (5)

3 ____ Benbow, name of the inn that is Jim Hawkins’s home in Treasure Island (7)

4 One who is responsible for assigning roles in a film or play (7,8)

5 Nymphs of lakes, rivers and fountains in Greek mythology (6)

6 Describing a habit, belief or attitude that is firmly fixed and hard to eradicate (9)

7 A small, brightly coloured Asian fish that is often found in aquaria (7)

13 An exercise device with a continuous moving belt on which to walk or run (9)

15 Rectangular bay at the northwest corner of East Anglia (3,4)

17 Niece of King Charles III who married bar manager Jack Brooksbank in 2018 (7)

18 Shane, director whose films include This Is England, about young skinheads (7)

19 ____ map, one with elevations and depressions indicating hills and valleys (6)

22 Second son of Vito Corleone in The Godfather, played by John Cazale (5)

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