Big name crossword

Solve the clues and the shaded squares will spell out words linking Holly Valance and Benny Hill, then call or text the numbers below with your prize words for a chance to win €1000.

ACROSS

Wearing no shoes or socks (8)

Army officer (9) Protective glossy coating (6)

Keyboard instrument in a church (5) Expensive glass (7) — Boyle, singer (5)

The Sound of —, film with Julie Andrews (5) Urban area (4) Unpleasant experience (6)

— Crusoe, fictional castaway (8)

Spoil (4)

Defeated contestant (5) Capital of France (5) Spiny desert plant (6) Indication of what will happen (4) Bizarre (5)

Dislike intensely (6) Become submerged (4) V-shaped cut (5)

Person who takes the blame (9)

Depend (4)

Dark syrup (7)

Improve (7)

Greatly admired person (4)

Harmony between co-stars (9)

Exchange of tennis shots (5)

Added to (4)

List of things to be discussed (6)

Shape by cutting (5) Cap brim (4)

Package sent by post (6)

Organised occasion (5) Perform a waltz, eg (5) Floating log platform (4)

Sea creature that attaches itself to rocks (8)

Is that so? (6)

Leg joint (4)

Entertain (5)

Well done! (5) Immediate (7)

Shin up (5)

Nestle closely together (6)

Break in fighting (5-4) Animal such as red-nosed Rudolph? (8)

DOWN

Purple sprouting vegetable? (8) Correct (5)

Locate, or track down (4) Academy Award (5) Baby’s noisy toy (6) In abundance (6) Instrument panel in a car (9) Absolutely necessary (9)

Call (4)

Flying insect (8) Scottish monster’s home? (4, 4)

Sort, kind (4)

Edible bulb that makes eyes water! (5) Stem of a tree (5) Worker in a bank (7) — Cowell, TV star (5) Confidence trickster (8)

Five dozen (5)

Island and state in the Caribbean (7) Largest living bird (7)

Timber (4) Hairdresser (7)

Hive insect (8) Saturate, drench (4) Make-believe (7) Simple to do (4)

Long vegetable (4) Curl of hair (7) Warning bell (5)

Find out (5)

Digging tool (5)

Upper hand (9)

Aware (9)

Go towards (8)

Deep (8)

Last month of the year (8)

Jewish religious leader (5)

Opinion, view (6) Pencil rubber (6) Presenter Titchmarsh, or comedian Carr (4) Slim and graceful (5) Innocent (5)

Fruit rind (4)

Pass across a bar-code reader (4)

Big Name Crossword solutions in next Saturday’s Irish Daily Mirror