Across 14 clues
1A.
From Our Own ___, radio programme featuring reports from around the world (13) Crossword Clue View →
CORRESPONDENT
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8A.
City that is the unofficial capital of the Transylvania region in Romania (4) Crossword Clue View →
CLUJ
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9A.
Like roads full of congestion (10) Crossword Clue View →
GRIDLOCKED
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10A.
Character voiced by Bruce Reitherman in the 1967 animated film The Jungle Book (6) Crossword Clue View →
MOWGLI
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11A.
One who enters a property with criminal intent (8) Crossword Clue View →
INTRUDER
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12A.
Spiny mammals whose collective noun is a prickle (9) Crossword Clue View →
HEDGEHOGS
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14A.
Lovely ___, 1967 song by The Beatles about a meter maid (4) Crossword Clue View →
RITA
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15A.
A mechanical device to force air into tyres (4) Crossword Clue View →
PUMP
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16A.
An exclamation used by conjurors to herald the climax of a trick (3,6) Crossword Clue View →
HEY PRESTO
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20A.
Niccolo ___, Italian violinist and composer born in 1782 (8) Crossword Clue View →
PAGANINI
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21A.
Cone-bearing trees that yield fragrant, durable timber (6) Crossword Clue View →
CEDARS
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23A.
The highest degrees offered by a university faculty (10) Crossword Clue View →
DOCTORATES
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24A.
A Matter Of ___ And Death, 2008 film featuring Wallace & Gromit (4) Crossword Clue View →
LOAF
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25A.
Prix de l'___, flat horse race run at Longchamp in Paris, begun in 1920 (3,2,8) Crossword Clue View →
ARC DE TRIOMPHE
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Down 13 clues
1D.
An Italian dish of pizza folded over a filling of cheese, herbs, etc. (7) Crossword Clue View →
CALZONE
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2D.
A new arrangement of things (5) Crossword Clue View →
REJIG
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3D.
The official language of Jamaica (7) Crossword Clue View →
ENGLISH
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4D.
Actor who played DCI Gene Hunt in Life On Mars and Ashes To Ashes (6,9) Crossword Clue View →
PHILIP GLENISTER
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5D.
A member of an indigenous East African people (6) Crossword Clue View →
NILOTE
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6D.
An item published or broadcast by only one source (9) Crossword Clue View →
EXCLUSIVE
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7D.
Maria ___, Holy Roman Empress who was mother of Marie-Antoinette (7) Crossword Clue View →
THERESA
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13D.
Relating to exercises displaying physical agility (9) Crossword Clue View →
GYMNASTIC
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15D.
Keyboard instrument that can be played mechanically (7) Crossword Clue View →
PIANOLA
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17D.
Pablo ___, painter noted for his 1937 work Guernica (7) Crossword Clue View →
PICASSO
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18D.
___ sauce, one with hard-boiled egg yolks, chopped herbs, capers and gherkins (7) Crossword Clue View →
TARTARE
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19D.
I Am... Sasha ___, third studio album by Beyonce, released in 2008 (6) Crossword Clue View →
FIERCE
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22D.
Rory ___, former Stoke City midfielder noted for his long throw-ins (5) Crossword Clue View →
DELAP
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Puzzle Information

Publication: Irish Daily Mail General Knowledge

Date: October 16, 2025

Day: Thursday

Medium-Hard Difficulty

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