Scottish Daily Mail

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 T’Pau song released in 1987 (5,2,4,4) 9 Cricketer Harbhajan Singh is a bowler who specialise­s in this (3-4) 10 ______ Leghorn, fictional cartoon rooster (7) 11 German Renaissanc­e artist whose works include the Four Apostles paintings (5) 12 Downcast or gloomy (9) 13 Technical term for a person who kills their wife (9) 15 Tunisia’s national currency (5) 16 Afghanista­n’s capital (5) 18 British band whose lead vocalist is Mick Hucknall (6,3) 20 An excessive craving for a particular food (9) 23 Another name for the honey badger (5) 24 Term for the external structure of the ear (7) 25 Especially (2,5) 26 Indicator of general trends in the prices of U.S. bonds and stocks (3,5,7)

DOWN

1 A fanciful or ideal realm (5-6-4) 2 Fourth book in Dan Brown’s Robert Langdon series (7) 3 A holy water sprinkler (9) 4 The fifth or seventh day of the month in the Roman calendar (5) 5 Shut down or not in production (3-6) 6 ____ Lloyd Pack, Trigger actor in Only Fools and Horses (5) 7 _____ harp, stringed instrument played by the wind (7) 8 The Woman in Black actor (6,9) 14 Assuming a false guise (9) 15 Paul, French painter noted for his work The Execution of Lady Jane Grey (9) 17 To cover roughly with things scattered about (7) 19 A Greek white or rosé wine (7) 21 Special administra­tive region of China, once an overseas province of Portugal (5) 22 St Teresa of ____ , Spanish Carmelite nun born in 1515 (5)

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.
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.

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