THE BIGGIE
Phwoar – it’s a whopper! Enjoy your puzzling
Aussie actor Emily Browning, star of Sucker Punch, says she learnt to do an American accent by doing what? To find out, solve the crossword then read down the letters in the shaded squares to find the threeword prize answer. ACROSS 11 Tree feller’s power tool (8) 12 Extraterrestrial being (5) 13 Wellbeing (6) 14 Heroic tale (4) 15 Segregate (7) 16 Precious-metal mark (8) 17 North African country (7) 18 Italian red wine (7) 19 Fifty per cent (4) 21 The second most-populated country (5) 23 Cargo moved by water, land or air (7) 24 Forever young (7) 28 Knock senseless (4) 29 Quarrel (3) 30 Novelist (6) 33 Rotting garden heap (7) 35 Feathery scarf (3) 36 Biblical garden (4) 38 Cog wheel in box (4) 39 Lubricate (3) 40 Gun holder (7) 42 Evaluate (6) 43 Unpowered alternative to
11 Across (3) 44 Political assistant (4) 48 Make louder (7) 50 Invented (7) 51 Milking house (5) 54 Prejudice (4) 56 Australian bush (7) 57 Pay bill, often with bad grace (5, 2) 60 Member of House of Lords who can’t pass on title (4, 4) 61 Fishing vessel (7) 63 Simple board game (4) 64 Barrier across athletics track (6) 65 Male relative (5) 66 Speed (8) DOWN 1 Small church (6) 2 Tactfulness (10) 3 Painkilling pill (7) 4 Faint (5) 5 Molten rock (4) 6 Illumination from flames in grate (9) 7 Cast spell (7) 8 Making blood
run cold (8) 9 Heat (6) 10 Treat to make
germ-free (9) 18 Part of face that might be stroked, shaved or wagged (4) 20 Brute strength,
not brains (5) 22 Common gas,
symbol N (8) 25 Female of
big-cat pride (7) 26 Wall not made
with mortar (3-5) 27 Common cat
colour (5) 31 Dish drying
cloth (3, 5) 32 Player whose role is to stop opposition scoring (8) 34 Hand-held
sunshade (7) 37 Go red (5) 41 Desert animal (5) 44 This timepiece is set to wake you up (5, 5) 45 Aiming
very high (9) 46 Robin Hood’s ecclesiastical companion (5, 4) 47 Facial
disguise (4) 49 Blossomed (8) 52 Where rider puts their foot (7) 53 Take by
surprise (7) 55 Firm, stable (6) 58 Modernise, replace with latest technology (6) 59 Section of
garlic (5) 62 Served winner on tennis court (4)