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P op superstar Adele has revealed that she’s been forced to get what after her management banned her from her official one? To find out, solve the crossword then read down the shaded squares to find the three-word answer.
ACROSS
11 Educated guess, perhaps of cost (8) 12 Subject set for discussion (5) 13 Pair of people in a relationship maybe (6) 14 Young whale (4) 15 Chef’s instructions (7) 16 Articulate, well spoken (8) 17 Tactical withdrawal (7) 18 Holiday home on wheels (7) 19 Infant (4) 21 Fourteen pounds (5) 23 Never-ending (7) 24 Tell the future (7) 28 Animal who raced 31 Down in a fable (4) 29 Bee’s sound (3) 30 Internally (6) 33 Sea mammal resembling a porpoise (7) 35 Limousine (3) 36 Nibble, gnaw (4) 38 Untidy pile (4) 39 Scene filming place (3) 40 From distant shores (7) 42 Oslo’s country (6) 43 Vapour (3) 44 Confidence trick (4) 48 Hard-copy making machine (7) 50 Festive procession (7) 51 Keen, sharp (5) 54 Leg-joint (4) 56 Section of a book (7) 57 One who tinkles the ivories (7) 60 Times (8) 61 Very wordy, long-winded (7) 63 Back of the foot (4) 64 Grown up (6) 65 Silky material (5) 66 Cover with a thin layer of protective material (8)
DOWN
1 Grounds of a mansion (6) 2 Spot the ..., type of puzzle (10) 3 Cut grass between tee and green (7) 4 Clemency (5) 5 Stride (4) 6 Top cover over the blankets (9) 7 Make a booking, to 55 Down, perhaps (7) 8 Sherry glass or a sailing ship (8) 9 Residential district (6) 10 Shoe with a strap for the 63
Across (9) 18 Wine bottle stopper (4) 20 What’s left after a tree is felled (5) 22 Cloth for drying crockery (3, 5) 25 Run with the ball (7) 26 Lumberjack’s tool (8)
27 You Only Live ..., Bond movie (5) 31 Animal that beat the 28 Across in a fable (8) 32 Still and stale (8) 34 Cinema snack (7) 37 Remains (5) 41 Intense pain (5) 44 A used item, now often called ‘pre-loved’ (6-4) 45 Large ape (5-4) 46 Mesmerise (9) 47 Animal that follows Great or Little to make constellations (4) 49 Put into code (8) 52 Caribbean song (7) 53 Difficult choice (7) 55 Patronise a restaurant (3, 3) 58 Investigating detective (6) 59 Aussie marsupial (5) 62 Payment made for accommodation, long-term (4)