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£1000 Big name crossword

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Solve the clues and the shaded squares will spell out words linking Rosie O’donnell and Sissy Spacek, then call or text the numbers below with your prize words for a chance to win £1000.

ACROSS

1 Good-looking (8) 5 Interlinke­d metal rings used to make flexible armour (5, 4) 10 Car foot pedal used to change gear (6) 16 Rock (5) 17 Athlete’s spear (7) 18 Unpleasant (5) 19 Female human (5) 20 Notion (4) 21 King’s son (6) 22 Refined, discerning (8) 23 Long walk (4) 26 Farmyard bird (5) 28 Linseed oil paste used by glaziers (5) 29 Deep bluish-red colour (6) 33 Dull pain (4) 34 Run away to marry (5) 35 Uncover (6) 39 Female horse (4) 40 Have faith in (5) 42 Spread for bread (9) 45 Resonate (4) 47 Person on a journey to a shrine (7) 48 Widespread slaughter (7) 49 Cosy (4) 52 Unlawfully, illicitly (9) 53 Mixer served with gin (5) 54 Hindu woman’s draped garment (4) 57 Marzipan nut (6) 59 Fairly (5) 60 Locks, tresses (4) 64 Shire (6) 65 Allege (5) 66 Strong metal used for girders (5) 70 Planet (4) 71 Scatter liquid (8) 72 Shrewd, good at business (6) 75 Light-haired (4) 79 Ceasefire (5) 80 Guile (5) 81 Bird similar to a swift (7) 82 Decorate (5) 83 Puzzling rhyme (6) 84 Woodworker (9) 85 Equine sport (8)

DOWN

1 The Battle of —, 1066 conflict when Harold was shot in the eye with an arrow (8) 2 Hangman’s loop (5) 3 Search high and low (4) 4 John —, former prime minister (5) 6 Protective hat (6) 7 Catch fire (6) 8 Extremely small (9) 9 — Morse, TV detective series (9) 11 Area of mown grass (4) 12 Coming 24 hours (8) 13 Former British colony handed back to China in 1997 (4, 4) 14 Level (4) 15 Sweet sauce (5) 24 Cut (5) 25 Mobile home (7) 27 Happen (5) 30 Limit, confine (8) 31 Extra payment (5) 32 Ordinary, unexceptio­nal (7) 36 Loss of memory (7) 37 Potter’s oven (4) 38 Black and white South Pole bird (7) 41 Margaret —, first female prime minister (8) 42 Creature prized for its fur (4) 43 One thousand thousand (7) 44 Unsightly (4) 46 Cavity (4) 50 Nimbleness (7) 51 Slug with a shell on its back (5) 55 Similar (5) 56 Card game (5) 58 The —, leader of Tibet’s Buddhists (5, 4) 59 Fast ballroom dance (9) 61 Curving oriental sword (8) 62 Encircle (8) 63 Italian city (8) 67 Gap (5) 68 Teaching session (6) 69 Martial art (6) 73 Inform (4) 74 Tall, narrow building (5) 76 Scent (5) 77 Water source (4) 78 Deep male singing range (4)

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