GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

7 Design based on the first letters of a person’s names, often put on clothes (8) 9 Liam, title role actor in Michael Collins (6) 10 Gregory, Atticus Finch actor in To Kill A Mockingbird (4) 11 Film series starring Clint Eastwood as a San Francisco cop (5,5) 12 Sue, ex-tennis player and A Question Of Sport presenter (6) 14 Title character of a 1852 work by Harriet Beecher Stowe (5,3) 15 U.S. R&B and soul singer noted for Walk On By (6,7) 17 The ____ , 1983 U.S. TV film depicting the aftermath of a nuclear war (3,5) 19 Duke of ____ , title given to Prince Harry in 2018 (6) 21 The name for St Albans in Roman Britain (10) 22 John, U.S. avant-garde composer noted for 4’33” (4) 23 Sound system with sound played through two speakers (6) 24 James A, U.S. president assassinated in 1881 (8)

DOWN

1 Kansas’ state capital (6) 2 Peter, late keyboardist and bass guitarist of The Monkees (4) 3 An American football field (8) 4 Harmonious or matching (2,4) 5 Collections of wild animals in cages for exhibition (10) 6 Michael, English science fiction and fantasy writer (8) 8 Masterchef: The Professionals judge born in 1970 (6,7) 13 Another name for the laughing jackass (10) 15 Varieties of language peculiar to regions (8) 16 Pungent evergreen herb used when roasting vegetables or meat (8) 18 A Brown Betty is a style of this item (6) 20 Friedrich, co-author of The Communist Manifesto (6) 22 Biblical character whose first son was Enoch (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.