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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

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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 Middle East state that was created in 1948 (6)

7 Department of a company that deals with incoming and outgoing post (8)

9 Common name for an allergy to tree, grass or weed pollen in the air (3,5)

10 ____ Cropper, character in Coronation Street played by Julie Hesmondhal­gh (6)

11 Third studio album by Paul McCartney And Wings, released in 1973 (4,2,3,3)

13 Hilaire, writer who wrote Cautionary Tales For Children (6) 15 ____ Sweeney,

U.S. actress who starred in TV’s Euphoria and horror film Immaculate (6)

18 The smallest rodent in the UK (7,5)

21 Diane, songwriter who has supplied songs for Cher and Celine Dion (6)

22 A publicatio­n containing guidance about the preparatio­n of food (8)

23 Place de la ____, site in Paris where Marie Antoinette was guillotine­d in 1793 (8)

24 Samuel, landscape painter and etcher born in 1805 (6)

DOWN

1 The more common name for a Lent lily (8)

2 ____ hoof, foot of an animal that is split into two toes (6)

3 Denise, actress who played Christmas Jones in Bond film The World Is Not Enough (8)

4 A stick of coloured chalk or wax for drawing (6)

6 One who regularly travels over e.g. oceans (8)

7 Danny, TV football pundit who played for Liverpool and Fulham (6)

8 A series of six balls in cricket (4)

12 A mineral that is highly prized for its beauty, durability and rarity (8)

14 Legal officials who hold inquests into sudden or unexplaine­d deaths (8)

16 Object rung by a visitor to indicate arrival at an entrance (8)

17 Pet ____, daytime TV series chroniclin­g care of domestic animals (6)

18 ____ Silver, U.S. jazz pianist and composer born in 1928 (6)

19 A company of actors, dancers or other entertaine­rs (6)

20 A traditiona­l Mexican food comprising a folded or rolled tortilla with various fillings (4)

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