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

8 A condition of increased pressure in the eyeball causing gradual loss in sight (8)

9 ____ Lewis, financial journalist and broadcaster noted for his money-saving tips (6)

10 ____ Black, character in the Harry Potter films, played by Gary Oldman (6)

11 An Indian dish of potatoes and cauliflower cooked with onions, tomatoes and spices (4,4)

12 Town in northern Majorca in the foothills of the Serra de Tramuntana mountains (8)

13 Phrase meaning ‘consecutively’ (2,1,3)

14 Gail, English badminton player born in 1977 (4)

16 Member of a religious sect living largely in Lebanon and Syria, having certain characteristics in common with Muslims (5)

17 London district known for its restaurants (4)

18 Matt, journalist who compiles a conservative U.S. news aggregation website (6)

20 ____ education, that which takes place in universities, colleges and technical institutes (8)

23 To burn slowly with smoke but no flame (8)

24 Indian soldiers who once served under British or other European orders (6)

25 Carmen, late Australian publisher who founded Virago Press in 1973 (6)

26 Small medicinal tablets taken for sore throats and dissolved in the mouth (8)

DOWN

1 An animal or plant lacking in pigment (6)

2 Small partitioned areas of rooms containing e.g. desks in offices (8)

3 Eric, author and former host of radio’s Gardeners’ Question Time (6)

4 Opera by Giacomo Puccini featuring the geisha Cio-Cio-San (6,9)

5 An extinct cephalopod, often in a tightly wound shell, found in fossil form (8)

6 Character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe played by Rene Russo (6)

7 Actor and lead vocalist of the indie rock band James (3,5)

15 Xylophones of African origin (8)

16 Home ground of Preston North End FC (8)

17 ____ forecast, radio broadcast describing the weather at sea (8)

19 ____ time, payment to a worker at twice the usual rate (6)

21 To alter the specifications of something, especially a computer window or image (6)

22 Claire, journalist and broadcaster noted as an agony aunt (6)

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