€1000 Big Name Crossword
Solve the clues and the shaded squares will spell out words linking MOTHER TERESA and LOUIS ARMSTRONG, then call or text the numbers below with your prize words for a chance to win £1000.
ACROSS
1 Christens (8)
5 Unscathed (8)
10 Hesitant person (7)
15 Spanish man (5)
16 Capital of Senegal (5)
17 Things (7)
18 Hair detanglers (5)
19 Silent approval (3)
20 Country in Central
America (9)
21 Existing in fact (4)
22 Enclosure for birds (6)
23 Rude comment (6)
25 Serve two roles (6,2)
28 Proportion (5)
30 – Streisand, US singer (6) 31 Stableman (6)
34 Flexible (7)
36 Imitates (6)
38 US space agency (inits) 39 Capital of Malta (8)
42 Continue to do (4,2)
44 Decorate cloth (9)
46 Academic award (6)
48 2012 Steven Spielberg
film (3,5)
49 A maple tree (4)
50 Bring to an end (6)
53 Repudiate (7)
55 Find fault with (4,2)
56 Cream filled pastry (6) 58 In the vicinity (5)
60 Strap worn in a car (4,4) 63 Involuntary reaction (6) 67 Strips (6)
68 Examine closely (4)
70 Cooked meat (5,4)
72 Beverage (3)
74 Large animal (5)
75 Sanction (7)
76 Andean pack animal (5) 77 Intact (5)
78 Attain (7)
79 Hole (8)
80 Female offspring (8)
DOWN
1 Hunting dog (7)
2 Yearned (5)
3 Erratic (9)
4 Make beloved (6)
6 Scandinavian country (6)
7 Fruit type (7)
8 Military officer (5)
9 Cricket term (7)
10 Delicate strand (4)
11 The other way round (4,5) 12 Bulwark (7)
13 Involving danger (5)
14 Hebridean location (4)
24 Blood component (5)
26 Short post on a wharf (7) 27 Proper (6)
29 Formerly (4)
30 Capital of Mali (6)
32 Serial TV drama (4,5)
33 Former British car
manufacturer (5)
35 Private instructor (5)
37 Fabric (5)
40 – Sandé, Scottish singer (5) 41 Animal restraint (6)
43 Academic assessments (5) 44 Ogle (3,2)
45 Young mammal (4,3)
47 Dies in water (6)
51 Altogether (2,3)
52 Worshipped image (4)
54 Cycle arena with a banked
track (9)
57 Port in NW France (9)
59 Pasty type (7)
61 Historical region of
Greece (7)
62 Biggest (7)
64 The – –, TV talent
competition (1,6)
65 Garment maker (6)
66 African desert (6)
67 Middle Eastern republic (5) 69 Audacity (5)
71 Streetcar (4)
72 Implied (5)
73 Gala (4)