€1000 Big Name Crossword
Solve the clues and the shaded squares will spell out words linking RASHIDA JONES and NATALIE PORTMAN, then call or text the numbers below with your prize words for a chance to win £1000.
ACROSS
1 Seedless raisins (8)
5 Employing (5)
8 Filleted (8)
15 Predicament (7)
16 Laboratory items (4,5)
17 Official proving of a will (7) 18 Regular beat (6)
19 Superficial appearance (6) 22 Woman’s name (5)
24 Tinge (4)
26 Small demons (4)
28 Animated children’s TV
character (5)
30 Criticised (10)
33 Deprive (10)
36 Politeness (8)
41 Encourages visits from (8) 45 Farewell (5)
47 City in India (4)
48 Discourages (6)
49 Vitamin B3 (6)
50 Wound mark (4)
52 Cake decoration (5)
54 High singing method (8)
55 Hold dear (8)
58 Carefully chosen (4-6)
60 Dachshund, informally (7,3) 63 Improvised (2-3)
65 Amount of paper (4)
66 Cry of pain (4)
68 Tapering block (5)
70 Town in Berkshire (6)
72 Thin on the ground (6)
80 Type of wine (7)
81 Best time of youth (5,4)
82 Nebuliser (7)
83 Orientation (8)
84 Accolade (5)
85 Combined group effort (8)
DOWN
1 Fizzy soft drink (4)
2 Cash, informally (5)
3 Naval rank (7)
4 Researcher (7)
5 Major or minor
constellation (4)
6 To the midst of (4)
7 Jeer (4)
9 Fish-eating birds (7)
10 Selfish endeavour (3,4) 11 Accurate (5)
12 Pace (4)
13 American state (4)
14 – Young, designer and
TV presenter (4)
20 – Djalili, UK comedian (4) 21 Lather (4)
23 Hairstyle (3)
25 Requirement (4)
27 Mutilate (4)
29 Born as (3)
31 Strong wind (4)
32 Genuine (9)
34 Gives the first
performance of (9)
35 Religious group (4)
36 Grain husks (5)
37 Of a virus (5)
38 Sink (5)
39 Reserved (5)
40 Respiratory organs (5) 42 Asian peninsula (5)
43 Wait on (5)
44 – Coe, former runner (3) 46 Find fault constantly (3) 51 Office worker (4)
53 Strong flavour (4)
56 Greek goddess (4)
57 Capital of Azerbaijan (4) 58 Mound (4)
59 Nothing (3)
61 Father (3)
62 Great delight (4)
64 Hunting dog (7)
65 Tiles (7)
67 Protagonist (7)
68 Welsh town (7)
69 French expression (5)
71 Spout (4)
73 Nuisance (4)
74 – Iglesias, Spanish singer-songwriter (5) Crusted-over wound (4) Bone (4)
Notion (4)
Poet (4)
Sci-fi series, Star – (4) 75 76 77 78 79
ACROSS
1 Identical, 6 Life span,
10 Helium, 15 Dormant, 16 Salvo, 17 Panic,
18 Rejig, 19 Snob,
20 Zodiac, 21 Measured, 22 Psst, 25 Steven,
26 Exam, 28 Contusion, 29 Waders, 31 Rune,
32 Officers, 36 Risk,
37 Timbuktu, 39 Hefty, 42 Origami,
44 Health spa, 46 Fusilli, 48 Susie, 50 Full stop,
51 RADA, 53 Ladybird, 55 Heir, 57 Toledo,
59 Highlight, 61 Edam, 62 Issuer, 66 Nest,
67 Securely, 69 Or else, 70 Idol, 74 Feign,
75 Cacti, 76 Ensue,
77 Mopping, 78 Lunges, 79 Snuggles,
80 Beverages.
DOWN
1 Indus, 2 Earlobe,
3 Tram, 4 Cotton,
5 Lassie, 6 Lilac,
7 Food mixer, 8 Sepia, 9 Announce, 11 Ecru, 12 Injustice, 13 Megaton, 14 Screen, 23 Nebraska, 24 Zurich, 25 Sews,
27 Minibus, 30 Derails, 33 Fluff, 34 Stymie,
35 Skua, 38 Intro,
40 Foliage, 41 Dorsal,
43 Infer, 44 Holy,
45 Austere, 47 Seahorse, 49 Embalm, 52 Tour,
54 Digestion,
56 Ready meal,
58 Etruscan, 59 Handful, 60 Greece, 63 Undoing, 64 Reverb, 65 Asimov, 68 Ewing, 69 Ousts,
71 Lagos, 72 Once,
73 Spar.
Celebrities:
Buzz Aldrin and Liza Minnelli
Hidden Link:
Have been married four times