Big Name Crossword
Solve the clues and the shaded squares will spell out words linking Gary Sinise and Hulk Hogan, then call or text the numbers below with your prize words for a chance to win €1000.
ACROSS
1 Seat on wheels
for a toddler (9)
6 — Park, dinosaur film (8)
10 Customer (6)
15 Praise (7)
16 Shoot of holly, eg (5)
17 Out of practice (5)
18 Story with a moral (5)
19 Take notice of (4)
20 Blood vessel (6)
21 In 24 hours’ time (8)
22 Stone particles (4)
25 Back of —,
remote place (6)
26 Realise suddenly (4)
28 Politician standing
in an election (9)
29 Suitable for informal wear (6)
Royal house in the
Wars of the Roses (4)
32 Writer of music (8)
36 Nuisance (4)
37 Neighbouring (8)
39 Portrait-painter’s stand (5) 42 Face cloth (7)
44 Olympic winner’s prize (4, 5) 46 Bony frame of
the upper body (7)
48 Reserved and unfriendly (5) 50 Brass musical instrument (8) 51 Rubber stopper (4)
53 Thick slice of bread (8)
55 Coloured part
of an eye (4)
57 Reflecting object (6)
59 Sacking from a job (9)
61 Green citrus fruit (4)
62 Chase (6)
66 Variety, kind (4)
67 Round in shape (8)
69 — Norton, TV star (6)
70 Order meaning
‘Stop marching!’ (4)
74 Prize such
as an Oscar (5)
75 Cruise passenger’s
room (5)
76 Upper leg (5)
77 Delivery driver (7)
78 More willingly (6)
79 Situated on
the outside (8)
80 Hired soldier (9)
31
DOWN
1 Cook in bubbling water (5)
2 Association, club (7)
3 Blacken with fire (4)
4 Think highly of (6)
5 Slice of bacon (6)
6 Tom and —, animated TV series (5) Immediately (5, 4)
Rugby huddle (5)
Command or teach (8) Existence (4)
Show up, humiliate (9) Surgeon’s workroom (7) Successful business supremo (6)
23 Entry by an enemy force (8) 24 Crease in a baby’s cheek (6) 25 Male rabbit (4)
27 Judy —, star of
The Wizard of Oz (7)
30 Female singing voice (7)
33 Swimming mammal (5)
34 Cylinder for
spreading paint (6)
35 Ring a —,
sound familiar (4)
38 Matt —, star of 7 8 9 11 12 13 14
(5)
40 Walk unsteadily
or astonish (7)
41 Scared (6)
43 Quantity of liquid (5)
44 Become bigger (4)
45 Tolerant (7)
47 Clothes shop (8)
49 Mineralised bone from
prehistoric times (6)
52 Costing nothing (4)
54 Good at noticing
things (9)
56 Good —, kind helper (9)
58 Aeroplane’s flight
recorder (5, 3)
59 Lose hope (7)
60 Swap (6)
63 Staying power (7)
64 Manage to understand (6) 65 Flying —, UFO (6)
68 Sudden thrust (5)
69 Interrogate or cook (5)
71 — Wogan, late
broadcaster (5)
72 Brink (4)
73 Summer month (4)
Big Name Crossword solutions in next Saturday’s Irish Mirror