GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

5 Royal house that began in England in 1603 (6) 7 Its rugby union team’s home is Murrayfield (8) 9 Woodwind instrument with a single thin reed (8) 10 The Two Gentlemen Of ______ , Shakespeare play (6) 11 2016 US Open men’s singles winner (4,8) 13 ______ Heller, Catch-22 novelist (6) 15 Animal that lives in a warren (6) 18 TV period drama series created by Julian Fellowes (7,5) 21 A la Recherche du Temps Perdu author (6) 22 Military officer ranking below a sergeant (8) 23 U.S. city home to the USS Midway Museum (3,5) 24 Fake (6)

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1 Timothy, Princess Anne’s second husband (8) 2 Group of lines of verse (6) 3 Memento (8) 4 ______ Gaynor, I Will Survive singer (6) 6 Long TV programme raising funds for charity (8) 7 Planet whose largest moon is Titan (6) 8 Trevor, National Theatre director 1997-2003 (4) 12 Bright Eyes songwriter (4,4) 14 Short, squat gun used for shelling (8) 16 Cabaret director (3,5) 17 Plaster used for covering walls and ceilings (6) 18 Priests of the Celtic religion (6) 19 Fibres sending impulses in the body (6) 20 Large black and white toothed whale (4) SOLUTION TOMORROW

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.