€1000 Big Name Crossword
Solve the clues and the shaded squares will spell out words linking NADIYA HUSSAIN and BRIAN COX, then call or text the numbers below with your prize words for a chance to win €1000.
ACROSS
1 Bullring performers (8)
5 Cost of travel (4)
8 Simple pushed vehicle (8)
16 Father of Odysseus (7)
17 Capital of Slovenia (9)
18 Messenger (7)
19 Angle (6)
20 Naval hero (6)
23 Zodiac sign (5)
25 Certain (4)
27 Labels (4)
29 Insect grub (5)
31 Excessively dramatic (10)
34 Fashion awareness (5,5)
37 Vegetables (8)
42 Sank back into illness (8)
46 Concur (5)
48 Magical symbol (4)
49 Military decorations (6)
50 Made amends (6)
51 Peel or cut (4)
53 Pews (5)
55 Not faithful (8)
56 Wealthy widows (8)
59 Wrongly divert (4,6)
61 Estate employee (10)
64 Smacks (5)
66 Controlled intake of food (4) 67 Facial twitches (4)
69 Croons (5)
71 Brokers (6)
73 Semiaquatic mammals (6)
81 Greek wine (7)
82 Disapproval or dislike (9)
83 Adolescent (7)
84 Kneads muscles (8)
85 Affirmative voters (4)
86 Teeth specialists (8)
DOWN
1 Heap (4)
2 Salad garnish (5)
3 Perceives (7)
4 Holiday destinations (7)
6 British singer, – Parks (4)
7 Panache (4)
9 Points the finger at (7)
10 Happening during the day (7)
11 TV presenter, – Rani (5)
12 Weight of packaging (4)
13 Adhesive substance (4)
14 Actor, – Brynner (3)
15 Be in possession of (4)
21 Log boat (4)
22 The Dark Knight actor,
Christian – (4)
24 Frozen water (3)
26 Meander (4)
28 Crooked (4)
30 Sprinted (3)
32 Former Russian ruler (4)
33 Lacking refinement (9)
35 Dock worker (9)
36 Past tense of swim (4)
37 Healed (5)
38 Marriage announcement (5) 39 Out-of-date (5)
40 Shatter (5)
41 Monstrous person (5)
43 Use a razor (5)
44 Frock (5)
45 French ski resort, – d’isère (3) 47 Plunder (3)
52 Meditative exercise (4)
54 Delicate fabric (4)
57 Step (4)
58 Indonesian island (4)
59 Bereavement (4)
60 Battery size (3)
62 Cooking vessel (3)
63 Thorned plant (4)
65 Colombian singer of
Hips Don’t Lie (7)
66 Day when a birth is
expected (3,4)
68 Ghostly figure (7)
69 Distrust (7)
70 Night insects (5)
72 Shipshape (4)
74 Ripped (4)
75 Skyrockets (5)
76 Baby carriage (4)
77 Largest continent (4)
78 Perturb (4)
79 Cookbook, Pinch of – (3)
80 Lairs (4)