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 Luther, Never Too Much singer (8) 9 Period before Christmas (6) 10 Cold Comfort ___ , Stella Gibbons novel (4) 11 Spitz type dog with thick straight coat (10) 12 The ___ Age, U.S. Civil War to WWI era (6) 14 Party engaged in a lawsuit (8) 15 U.S. horse race established in 1875 (8,5) 17 White wine from central Italy (8) 19 Breakfast cereal of rolled oats, fruit and nuts (6) 21 UK reality TV series first broadcast in 2000 (3,7) 22 Toy bricks for construction (4) 23 French WWII underground resistance force (6) 24 Punk rock band led by Joe Strummer (3,5)

DOWN

1 Animal-watching expedition in Africa (6) 2 ____ Smith, The Wealth of Nations economist (4) 3 French president when the UK joined the EEC (8) 4 Bird that can imitate human speech (6) 5 Group supporting new ideas in art and culture (5-5) 6 Clumsy (8) 8 1959 film directed by Billy Wilder (4,4,2,3) 13 Strongly-flavoured North European cheese (6,4) 15 Nancy, U.S. ice skater (8) 16 Scottish town nicknamed Queen of the South (8) 18 Fernando, two-time F1 world champion (6) 20 Bela, Hungarian-born Dracula actor (6) 22 Inflatable mattress used in camping (4) SOLUTION TOMORROW