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. SEE BELOW

ACROSS

1 The Duchess of Cambridge’s pre-royal name (4,9) 8 Asian curd made from mashed soya beans (4) 9 The ______ of Being Earnest, play by Oscar Wilde first performed in 1895 (10) 10 A member of a U.S. religious sect noted for its ecstatic dancing (6) 11 Informal term for tea based on rhyming slang (5,3) 12 1936 musical comedy film starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers (5,4) 14 Joan, Carry On actress born in 1930 (4) 15 John, The Elephant Man actor (4) 16 Devices to aid the memory, often based on patterns of letters (9) 20 Egg-shaped mounds formed by glacial erosion (8) 21 List of ingredients and instructions for cooking a dish (6) 23 Thick vegetable soup containing pasta or rice (10) 24 Middle Eastern country whose capital is Baghdad (4) 25 Standard title for an Anglican diocesan bishop (5,8)

DOWN

1 Expertise or skill regarding a practical or technical matter (4-3) 2 U.S. term for a car’s boot (5) 3 French police detective created by Georges Simenon (7) 4 Large shop selling many different kinds of goods (10,5) 5 One who plays an ancient harp-like instrument (6) 6 A dramatist who writes plays on sorrowful subjects, often involving death and downfall (9) 7 Two of these coins make a dime in U.S. currency (7) 13 _____ trials, series of hearings in 1945-46 in which leading Nazi war criminals were tried (9) 15 A medium-sized hound for hunting hares (7) 17 _____ Dietrich, German U.S. actress born in 1901 (7) 18 Aaron, U.S. composer noted for Appalachian Spring (7) 19 A decree or ruling, often imposed on a defeated nation (6) 22 Michael, actor who played Alfred Pennyworth in The Dark Knight trilogy (5)

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