Big name crossword
Solve the clues and the shaded squares will spell out words linking Martin Scorsese and Billy Crystal, then call or text the numbers below with your prize words for a chance to win €1000.
ACROSS
Rugby huddle (5) Republic in
West Africa (5)
38 Colourful parrot (5)
39 — Becker, German
tennis star (5)
40 Saint —, one of the classics of the flat-racing season (5)
42 New (5)
43 Tom —, Miranda actor (5) 44 Hairpiece (3)
46 Victory (3)
51 — Rabbit, Uncle Remus
character (4)
53 Clarified butter (4)
56 James —, late British
motor-racing driver (4) 57 Summer month (4)
58 Cries bitterly (4)
59 Sub-machine gun (3)
61 Cooking fat (3)
62 Alicia —, pop singer (4) 64 Aniseed-flavoured
Italian liqueur (7)
65 Louis —, chemist known for his ‘germ theory’ (7) — Iglesias, Latin heartthrob (7)
68 Vatican chapel containing Michelangelo’s painted ceiling (7) George —, director (5) Noel Gallagher’s brother (4)
Level (4)
Performer’s first public appearance (5)
South American country (4)
Daze (4)
Dull pain (4)
Bird of peace (4)
Pub drink (4)
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Severe headache (8) — Holland, pianist (5) Surpass in a sphere of activity (8) Light motorcycle (7) Building designer (9) Desert (7) — Gerrard, Rangers FC manager (6) Scandinavian country (6) 22 Part of a church (5) 24 American Ivy League university (4) Small port and resort Vertical spar for in west Scotland (4) supporting sails (4) 28 Army shop (5) Small band of players 30 French love letter (6-4) or singers (5) 33 John —, author of The Performer (7)
Forsyte Saga (10) Baby’s room (7) 36 Brothers and sisters (8) Vera Duckworth’s 41 Group of spectators (8) hubby (4) 45 Overhead (5) Chief Norse god (4) 47 Weakest pup in Garden hut (4)
a litter (4) From Kampala? (7) 48 Jake Gyllenhaal film Longest river in the based on the true story Republic of Ireland (7) of a serial killer (6)
Wireless (5) 49 Not innocent (6)
Garden water 50 The —, London feature (4) cricket ground (4)
13 Grotto (4) 52 Lewis Carroll’s
Wonderland girl (5) 14 Soup-like dish (4) 54 Monkey with red and 20 Young sheep (4)
blue hindquarters (8) 21 Metropolis (4) 55 — Nickleby, 23 Roman sun god (3)
Dickens novel (8) 25 Very noisy (4) 58 German dish of finely 27 Bird’s bill (4) shredded and pickled 29 Hill-building insect (3) cabbage (10) 31 — Blyton, writer (4) 60 The —, Rudyard Kipling 76
32 Vicar’s neck wear (3, 6) work (6, 4) 77
34 Resting in a 63 Delight (5) crouching position (9) 78 65 Narrow track (4) 35 Leave out (4) 79
Big Name Crossword solutions in next Saturday’s Irish Mirror
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66 — Ballesteros,
Spanish golfer (4)
68 — Field, actor (5)
70 Brawn (6)
72 Wreckage (6)
80 Ostracise (7)
81 Thistle-like plant cultivated for its large edible flower head (9) 82 Bicker (7)
83 —, Downstairs, 1970s
TV drama (8)
84 Female relative (5) 85 Deserter, turncoat (8)
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