€1000 Big name crossword
Solve the clues and the shaded squares will spell out words linking Andrew Flintoff and Robert Plant, then call or text the numbers below with your prize words for a chance to win £1000.
ACROSS
1 Actress in Casualty and Waking the Dead (6, 5) 8 Actor who plays the title role in the TV series Merlin (5, 6) 14 Renegade (5) 15 Sulk (4) 16 Manly (6) 17 Metal (6) 18 Devoid of feeling (4) 19 Woodwind instrument (5) 20 Loss of moisture in the air (11) 22 Became decadent (11) 25 Called into question (7) 27 Centre for seedlings (7) 30 Proportion (5) 31 Tribal pole (5) 33 Easily shattered (7) 36 Spicy red pepper (7) 38 Assumed name (5) 40 Animosity, loathing (6) 41 Carpet nail (4) 43 Legal document (4) 44 Whitening chemical (6) 45 Sanction, approve (7) 46 Peers (5) 47 Reduce by 50 per cent (5) 48 Implements (5) 52 Brush vigorously (5) 53 Military attire (7) 54 Substantiate (6) 55 Container for builder’s waste (4) 57 Public school (4) 59 Breakfast food (6) 60 Use a razor (5) 61 Keenly (7) 63 Teemed (7) 65 Clear-headed (5) 67 — John, knighted musician (5) 69 Root vegetable (7) 71 Areas between hills (7) 74 Ambiguity (11) 77 They grow down from cave roofs (11) 80 Adhere (5) 81 Female horse (4) 82 Alloy (6) 84 Stickler for detail (6) 86 Wild pig (4) 87 Ecological colour? (5) 88 Female British cyclist, the 2008 World and Olympic champion (6, 5) 89 Former England striker and football legend who played for Liverpool and Aston Villa (5, 6)
DOWN
1 Force (6) 2 All the letters (8) 3 Young eel (5) 4 Rowing blade (3) 5 Concerted round of gunfire (5) 6 Retorted (7) 7 Talk of in passing (7) 9 Depleted upper atmosphere gas (5) 10 Little devil (3) 11 Blend, combine (5) 12 Knight’s glove (8) 13 Not anyone (6) 21 Have faith in (5) 23 Weird, uncanny (5) 24 Unemployed (7) 26 Ancient remainder (5) 28 Flight of steps (5) 29 Furtiveness, cunning (7) 30 Former S Club 7 singer who competed on Strictly Come Dancing (6, 7) 32 Hugely successful US singer-songwriter of easy listening ballads (7, 6) 34 Knife part (5) 35 Wed (5) 37 Right side of a ship (9) 39 Art exhibition halls (9) 42 Tomato sauce (7) 43 Greeting word (7) 49 Experiences pain (7) 50 Ignite (5) 51 Find the explanation to a problem (5) 52 Elegantly slim (7) 56 — Of Sicily, archipelago (5) 58 Drying cloth (5) 62 Rub out (5) 64 Regal (5) 66 Uncivilised, crude (8) 68 Academic publication (8) 70 Grazing field (7) 71 Sales coupon (7) 72 Leaping river fish (6) 73 Sea hawk (6) 75 Fruit with a core (5) 76 Face part (5) 78 Gas heating unit (5) 79 Trap, snare (5) 83 Which person? (3) 85 Piercing tool (3)