GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD WIN A LUXURY CROSS PEN

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 An open space designated for young children’s leisure time (4,4)

9 A decorative, glasslike substance that is melted onto clay, metal or glass objects (6)

10 French novelist who created the valet Jean Passepartout (5,5)

11 The stem of a slender

palm such as rattan (4)

12 Anton, actor who played Chief Superintendent Reginald Bright in Endeavour (6)

14 An L-shaped metal bar with heads used to turn bolts or screws having hexagonal sockets (5,3)

15 A violent storm (7)

17 An aviator or aircraft that is employed in locating or observing enemy positions (7)

20 A gelatin obtained from red seaweeds and used as a thickener in foods (4-4)

22 Country whose football clubs include Besiktas and Galatasaray (6)

24 Britpop group whose debut

album was Leisure in 1991 (4)

25 Modest, Russian composer noted for the piano suite Pictures At An Exhibition (10)

27 A projecting piece on a sundial that shows the time by the position of its shadow (6)

28 Close familiarity

or friendship (8)

DOWN

1 A particular article in a

treaty, bill or contract (6)

2 Sandy, Scottish golfer who won The Open Championship in 1985 (4)

3 Book in the Old Testament that is preceded by Psalms (8)

4 Thomas, English Civil War general who was nicknamed Black Tom (7)

5 A breakfast food made from roasted grain, typically eaten with milk (6)

6 A woman’s decorative headpiece with flowers, beads etc. attached to a comb or hair clip (10)

7 Describing fish that is cooked in lightly browned butter with lemon juice and parsley (8) 13 Rock band whose songs included The Logical Song and Give A Little Bit (10)

16 U.S. term for aubergine (8)

18 Market town in West Sussex with a stately home and deer park (8)

19 Annette, actress who starred in One Foot

In The Grave (7)

21 Constellation that represents the twins Castor and Pollux (6)

23 U.S. politician who served as Mayor of New York from 1978 to 1989 (2,4)

26 Ahead of the ____, expression meaning

‘in a more advantageous position than expected’ (4)