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.
ACROSS
5 Former Formula One racing team bought by Red Bull in 2004 (6) 7 Type of furniture sold in pieces in a box for easy transport and assembled by the buyer (4-4) 9 A place where one can buy small amounts of food ready to eat (5,3) 10 ____ shop, a travel agency specialising in providing cheap air tickets (6) 11 International BBC radio station launched in 1932 that broadcasts outside the UK (5,7) 13 A domesticated polecat once chiefly used for catching rabbits (6) 15 Stand-up comedian Henning Wehn has this nationality (6) 18 Murder mystery play by Agatha Christie that is the longest-running West End show (3,9) 21 ____ Buswell, Australian Strictly professional dancer who joined the show in 2017 (6) 22 A signal sounded on a bugle or drum to wake personnel in the armed forces (8) 23 Paul, ex-goalkeeper for Leeds United and Spurs who won 41 England caps (8) 24 2022 film starring Bill Nighy as a terminally ill civil servant (6)
DOWN
1 ____ Christianity, one of cheerful physical activity, linked to Victorian boys’ schools (8) 2 Money or favours given to influence a person in a position of trust (6) 3 ____ brook, a small, fastrunning stream (8) 4 Instrumental song that was written by Jerry Lordan and covered by The Shadows in 1960 (6) 6 British tennis player who won the 1969 Wimbledon women’s singles title (3,5) 7 An outbreak of public
anger or excitement (6) 8 ____ cut, a very short haircut in which the hair resembles the bristles of a brush (4) 12 ____ radiation belts, giant swathes of highly energetic charged particles that surround Earth (3,5) 14 Nickname of the U.S. president’s official state car (3,5) 16 To find or extract information
stored in a computer (8) 17 Emma, English actor who portrays Princess Diana in the fourth season of The Crown (6) 18 A yellow or brown chemical that is found in plants such as tea (6) 19 ____ Row, street in London noted for its traditional men’s bespoke tailoring (6) 20 Informal term for wine (4)