€1000 Big name crossword
Solve the clues and the shaded squares will spell out words linking Joe Swift and Margaret Drabble, then call or text the numbers below with your prize words for a chance to win £1000. ACROSS
1 English actress who played the original Alexis Colby in TV’S Dynasty (4, 7) 8 Former international cricketer for England, primarily an offspinner and batsman (6, 5) 14 Use your loaf! (5) 15 Sulk (4) 16 Overthrow (6) 17 Stick with glue (6) 18 Aftertaste (4) 19 Rice particle (5) 20 Professional garden and park design (11) 22 Light cream-filled pastry with chocolate sauce (11) 25 Low-ranking nobleman (7) 27 Pudding (7) 30 Food blender (5) 31 Amass, stockpile (5) 33 Crash together (7) 36 Purplish red colour (7) 38 Automaton (5) 40 Smoked herring (6) 41 Group of cattle (4) 43 Pyramid’s peak (4) 44 Slanting (print style) (6) 45 Clarify (7) 46 Irate (5) 47 Card game (5) 48 Build, put up (5) 52 Indian religious follower (5) 53 Hypodermic needle (7) 54 Part of a picture (6) 55 Skin growth (4) 57 S African currency unit (4) 59 They bring rain (6) 60 Parrot species (5) 61 Chewy bit of meat (7) 63 Order (7) 65 Jockey’s mount (5) 67 Heavenly being (5) 69 Musical performance (7) 71 Feign (7) 74 The nobility (11) 77 Amelioration (11) 80 Waste metal (5) 81 Female relation (4) 82 Hard coating of teeth (6) 84 Fire-breathing monster (6) 86 Peruvian Indian (4) 87 Cartoon magazine (5) 88 Satirical comedian who was a regular panellist on Mock the Week (4, 7) 89 Author of Far From the Madding Crowd and The Mayor of Casterbridge (6, 5)
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1 Second-hand clothes sale (6) 2 Supplement in a book (8) 3 Pub spirits measure (5) 4 Racetrack circuit (3) 5 Synthetic fibre (5) 6 Ancient battle car (7) 7 Bland (7) 9 Navigation method (5) 10 Female sheep (3) 11 Occurrence (5) 12 Large South American snake (8) 13 Lump of gold ore (6) 21 Gemstone (5) 23 Quickfire comedy (5) 24 Bow and arrow sport (7) 26 Senior by age (5) 28 Postage sticker (5) 29 Section of a book (7) 30 British proffessional road racing cyclist who won a silver medal in the Omnium at Rio 2016 (4, 9) 32 Former ballerina who became a judge on Strictly Come Dancing (6, 7) 34 Flower of Flanders fields (5) 35 Faithful (5) 37 Pasta dish (9) 39 Light metal (9) 42 Tooth doctor (7) 43 One more (7) 49 Pistol part (7) 50 Dairy product (5) 51 Work dough (5) 52 Vacation (7) 56 Ancient artefact (5) 58 Take on (5) 62 Scrub (5) 64 Lesser (5) 66 Restricted (essential supplies) (8) 68 Ruler (8) 70 Farm vehicle (7) 71 Pharaoh’s tomb (7) 72 N African desert (6) 73 Consistent (6) 75 Last Greek letter (5) 76 Free of drugs (5) 78 Military tune (5) 79 Planet second from the sun (5) 83 Donkey (3) 85 Paper glue (3)