best Puzzles

Use the anagrams, straight, cryptic, quiz and picture clues to solve the crossword. When completed correctly, the pink squares, reading top to bottom, left to right, will reveal the answer to the question below:

What is PICTURE A’s real forename – which he only discovered himself on his first day at school? (8) This is your prize answer. Enter by using the numbers at the top of the grid or at hearstmagazines.co.uk/bestcross4320

ACROSS

7 What is the fastest bird across land? (7) 9 See 12A 10 You can’t make a silk ___ out a sow’s ear, saying (5) 11 What is the name of the small short-tailed rodent wrongly believed to throw itself, en masse, off cliffs? (7) 12 & 9A PICTURE A Island country where his parents are from and where he went to discover his roots in the first series of Asian Provocateur (3,5) 13 What medical professionals are moderated by the GDC? (8) 16 Which ‘Wonder Horse’ starred with Gene Autry in several films and had his own TV series in the Fifties? (8) 17 Road covering (3) 19 See 22A 21 Many ___ make light work, saying (5) 22 & 19A PICTURE B Name him (5,7) 23 Who is the Roman god of the sea? (7)

DOWN

1 Decode the CAMP SOS for the instrument that’ll send you in the right direction! (7) 2 Marine creature with five or more radiating arms (8) 3 Lively dance usually performed to rock’n’roll music (4) 4 London 2012 or Rio 2016 competitor, eg (8) 5 Against, opposed to (4) 6 What exotic fruit is used to make a chutney popular in Indian cuisine? (5) 8 PICTURE C Who is this Dame, back on the big screen next month in The Duke? (5,6) 13 ANAGRAM TINNOMAD 14 Silvery-grey metal with the chemical symbol Ti – or a hit for David Guetta featuring Sia (8) 15 Cut of meat (especially beef) from the breast of the animal (7) 18 If I knew you were coming I’d’ve baked ___, expression (1,4) 20 Can you rescue this VASE? (4) 21 Faith, ___ and charity, the three theological virtues (4)