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 star sign? (5). This is your prize answer. Enter by using the numbers at the top of the grid or at hearstmagazines.co.uk/bestcross1221

ACROSS 3 Don’t ___ the baby out with the bath water, saying (5) 6 Very thin pancake (5) 7 & 1D PICTURE A Name him (4,8) 8 ANAGRAM CHINE 10 What large black bird has a special connection to the Tower of London? (5) 11 & 2D PICTURE B Who is he? (5,6) 12 Of or relating to the stomach (7) 14 ANAGRAM RYEAS 17 Save your pennies for a ___ day, saying (5) 20 Tanned cowhide (7) 23 Siblings Bella, Gigi and Anwar Hadid can all be described as what type of professional? (5) 24 PICTURE C Which of Strictly’s Mabuse sisters is this? (5) 25 Would I ___ You?, BBC One comedy panel show hosted by Rob Brydon, with Lee Mack and David Mitchell as team captains (3,2) 26 Mexican dish consisting of a folded tortilla filled with seasoned mince or chicken, eg (4) 27 TUNE I play around with will bring us all together! (5) 28 Bet (5) DOWN 1 See 7A 2 See 11A 3 £10 (slang) (6) 4 Occurring every seven days (6) 5 What is the capital of Cuba? (6) 9 Lindt, Guylian and Godiva are all brands of what sweet treat? (9) 13 Sn is the chemical symbol for what metal? (3) 15 You are what you ___, expression (3) 16 Tightly packed foodfish (8) 18 Sri Lanka is situated in what ocean? (6) 19 What primary colour would come last if all three were listed alphabetically? (6) 21 Knight’s protective suit (6) 22 ___ balloon, mode of transport such as Phileas Fogg might favour (3,3)