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.

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7 David, Poirot actor (6) 8 U.S. lyricist, Burt Bacharach collaborator (3,5) 9 Like an ancient German (8) 10 Small bed for a baby (6) 11 Cult of virility (8) 12 Chewy confection (6) 13 Character created by Jacqueline Wilson (5,6) 18 Naval battle of 31 BC won by Octavian (6) 20 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Conley, business expert on dieting (8) 22 Footwear with sole bound by straps (6) 23 Chicago is the largest city in this U.S. state (8) 24 Southwest French resort on Bay of Biscay (8) 25 ______ Hancock, stage and TV actress (6)

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1 Roman satirist (7) 2 Carol, 2005 I’m A Celebrity winner (8) 3 John, Manchester City central defender (6) 4 Mass of tissue in womb feeding a baby (8) 5 1980 musical film with Olivia Newton-John (6) 6 Terry, only U.S.-born Monty Python member (7) 8 Symphonie Fantastique composer (6,7) 14 Bush with shiny leaves and pink, red or white flowers (8) 15 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Macron, elected 2017 French President (8) 16 Superstate in George Orwell’s 1984 (7) 17 System of printing for blind people (7) 19 ____ Gandhi, former Indian PM (6) 21 Celebrity TV diving series with Tom Daley (6) SOLUTION TOMORROW