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
1 A famous and prestigious
fashion brand (8,5) 8 ____ Corrin, English actress who played Diana in the fourth season of The Crown (4) 9 Instrument for beheading with a descending blade, adopted during the French Revolution (10) 10 ____ vision, single-minded concentration on one’s own pursuits to the exclusion of others (6) 11 A place at which beer
is sold (8) 12 Scottish town in Dumfries and Galloway, formerly a ferry port to Northern Ireland (9) 14 ____ Blyth, Scottish yachtsman and rower born in 1940 (4) 15 2019 musical fantasy film starring Judi Dench as Old Deuteronomy (4) 16 A small sausage, often used
as a garnish (9) 20 Japanese city that hosted the 2002 FIFA World Cup final (8) 21 An explanatory note introducing an examination paper (6) 23 Irish poet and playwright who wrote one novel, The Picture Of Dorian Gray (5,5) 24 2007 song by British indie rock band Kaiser Chiefs that is their only UK No 1 hit (4) 25 An area of land that is protected and managed to preserve a particular type of habitat (6,7)
DOWN
1 To take down from a
place of display (7) 2 Country that ruled Cuba and Mexico before independence (5) 3 One who laughs in a
silly manner (7) 4 London-born actress whose seventh husband was U.S. construction worker Larry Fortensky (9,6) 5 Dennis, Australian former fast bowler who took 355 Test match wickets (6) 6 An engagement to
marry (9) 7 Robert, English actor noted for his roles in the TV sitcoms Citizen Smith and My Family (7) 13 A person engaged in
space travel (9) 15 Catherine, English romantic novelist who wrote The Mallen Trilogy (7) 17 Port city of Athens (7) 18 A protective cover for a
finger used in sewing (7) 19 Anas, politician elected leader of the Scottish Labour Party in 2021 (6) 22 A name given to animals that pierce wood, rocks and the like (5)