How difficult is today's Irish Daily Mail General Knowledge crossword?

Today's puzzle (Wednesday) has Medium difficulty with 27 clues. Estimated solve time is 15-20 minutes.

What time does the Irish Daily Mail General Knowledge crossword update?

The Irish Daily Mail General Knowledge crossword typically updates at 10 PM ET the night before (or 6 PM ET for the Sunday puzzle).

How many clues are in today's puzzle?

Today's Irish Daily Mail General Knowledge crossword has 27 total clues: 14 Across and 13 Down.

Irish Daily Mail General Knowledge Crossword - Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Across 14 clues

1A.

U.S. golf course on which the 2025 Ryder Cup was played (8) Crossword Clue View →

BETHPAGE

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5A.

Friend who betrays Julius Caesar in a Shakespeare play (6) Crossword Clue View →

BRUTUS

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10A.

A greedy person who eats excessively (7) Crossword Clue View →

GLUTTON

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11A.

City and lake in central Switzerland (7) Crossword Clue View →

LUCERNE

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12A.

___ jacket, a hip-length tailored coat with a mandarin collar, named after an ex-Indian prime minister (5) Crossword Clue View →

NEHRU

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13A.

A translucent material used in Asian calligraphy and painting (4,5) Crossword Clue View →

RICE PAPER

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14A.

Poet and novelist who was a long-time librarian at the University of Hull (6,6) Crossword Clue View →

PHILIP LARKIN

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18A.

A domestic residence in a connected row (7,5) Crossword Clue View →

TERRACE HOUSE

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21A.

Inspiring disgust and loathing (9) Crossword Clue View →

ABHORRENT

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23A.

___ Wilson, comedian who played Fraulein Rahm in 2020 film Jojo Rabbit (5) Crossword Clue View →

REBEL

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24A.

Rudolf ___, Soviet-born ballet dancer who defected to the West in 1961 (7) Crossword Clue View →

NUREYEV

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25A.

Just ___, series of books about an unruly schoolboy (7) Crossword Clue View →

WILLIAM

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26A.

A dessert apple with a slightly rough brownish skin (6) Crossword Clue View →

RUSSET

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27A.

Large sea waves, especially where they reach the shore (8) Crossword Clue View →

BREAKERS

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Down 13 clues

1D.

Happening a very long time ago (6) Crossword Clue View →

BYGONE

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2D.

Oversensitive or easily offended (6) Crossword Clue View →

TOUCHY

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3D.

A stock character of Russian folk puppetry (9) Crossword Clue View →

PETRUSHKA

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4D.

Profits set aside to keep in a business but not for a specific purpose (7,7) Crossword Clue View →

GENERAL RESERVE

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6D.

A summary of what has been said (5) Crossword Clue View →

RECAP

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7D.

An alternative name for a toll road (8) Crossword Clue View →

TURNPIKE

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8D.

___ committee, group managing a body's general operations (8) Crossword Clue View →

STEERING

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9D.

Tall coastal tourist site in Lancashire that opened in 1894 (9,5) Crossword Clue View →

BLACKPOOL TOWER

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15D.

Country whose native species include the quokka and wombat (9) Crossword Clue View →

AUSTRALIA

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16D.

A device made of crossed wires for separating solid from liquid (8) Crossword Clue View →

STRAINER

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17D.

Areas of enclosed land planted with fruit trees (8) Crossword Clue View →

ORCHARDS

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19D.

To make another legally or morally bound to do something (6) Crossword Clue View →

OBLIGE

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20D.

___ Castle, ancestral home of the Lyon family in Scotland (6) Crossword Clue View →

GLAMIS

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