€1000 Big Name Crossword
Solve the clues and the shaded squares will spell out words linking JODIE COMER and MARVIN HUMES, then call or text the numbers below with your prize words for a chance to win £1000.
ACROSS
1 Laboratory item (4,4)
5 Rubber-soled sandals (4-5) 10 American state (6)
16 Alarm (5)
17 African country (7)
18 Military cap (5)
19 Noisily munch (5)
20 Blades (4)
21 Weaken (6)
22 Artists (8)
23 Stratford’s river (4)
26 Underground vault (5)
28 Hurts (5)
29 Polecat (6)
33 Island in the Pacific (4)
34 Choose by voting (5)
35 Make warm again (6)
39 Area next to a steep drop (4) 40 Feathered missile (5)
42 Emotional play (9)
45 Citizen of Finland (4)
47 Act as a substitute (5,2)
48 Type of bush cricket (7)
49 Adorable (4)
52 Latin-american dance (3-3-3) 53 Merriment (5)
54 Not quite shut (4)
57 By this means (6)
59 Rural walker (5)
60 Burden (4)
64 Confidence (6)
65 Establish the validity of (5) 66 Danger (5)
70 Former tennis
champion, – Lendl (4)
71 Recline unmoving (3,5)
72 That is to say (6)
75 Rabbit’s tail (4)
79 Of sheep (5)
80 Float along (5)
81 Garden implements (7)
82 Flexible (5)
83 Hostility (6)
84 Not straight (4-5)
85 Note (8)
DOWN
1 Superb (3-5)
2 Underwater detection
system (5)
3 Diplomacy (4)
4 Spicy Indian dish (5)
6 Soapsuds (6)
7 Punctual (6)
8 Oil or grease (9)
9 Casual worker (4-5)
11 Cunning (4)
12 Cosmetic ingredient (4,4)
13 Freedom from
punishment (8)
14 Old Testament twin (4)
15 Austere (5)
24 Articles (5)
25 Returns to custody (7)
27 Juvenile (5)
30 Garden plant (8)
31 Fruit (5)
32 Hunting attendant (7)
36 Blushing (3,4)
37 Capital of Azerbaijan (4)
38 Fortified dessert wine (7)
41 Withstands (8)
42 Irish county (4)
43 Adhesive label (7)
44 Singer who sang Orinoco
Flow (4)
46 Close by (4)
50 Cajole (7)
51 Tricycle, informally (5)
55 Extra playing card (5)
56 Sprite (5)
58 Standard used for
comparison (9)
59 Be accompanied by (4,2,3)
61 One eating every food (8)
62 Living thing (8)
63 Act cruelly towards (3-5)
67 Symbol representing a
nasalised vowel (5)
68 Irregular discoloration (6)
69 Occuring only once (3-3)
73 Make the acquaintance of (4) 74 Defeated competitor (5)
76 Snag (5)
77 American coin (4)
78 Conspiracy (4)