Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
£1000 Big name crossword
Solve the clues and the shaded squares will spell out words linking Janet Street-porter and Carla Bruni, then call or text the numbers below with your prize words for a chance to win £1000.
ACROSS
1 Controversial former Royal Bank of Scotland boss (4, 7) 8 Former England and Newcastle United captain (4, 7) 14 Advantage, benefit (5) 15 Loose garment (4) 16 Light with a wick (6) 17 Shrill shriek (6) 18 Conspiracy (4)
19 Yell (5)
20 Loss of moisture in the air (11) 22 Postponement of a trial (11)
25 Foretell (7)
27 Volume of vehicles (7) 30 South American mountain range (5) 31 Assisted (5)
33 Maybe (7)
36 Member of the emergency services (7) 38 Commit to memory (5) 40 Affluent lifestyle (6) 41 Palm fruit (4)
43 Halt (4)
44 Spicy cold sausage (6) 45 Foot lever (7)
46 Have longings (5)
47 Sign, register (5)
48 Small overlaid picture (5)
52 Slice meat (5)
53 Attain (7)
54 Lorry fuel (6)
55 Thin metal sheet (4) 57 Allow to fall (4) 59 Mouthful of food (6) 60 Sleeper’s vision (5) 61 Developing frog (7) 63 Slung bed (7)
65 Go inside (5) 67 Simplified (5)
69 Of the stomach (7) 71 Mailing cost (7) 74 Conventional (11) 77 Mercury (11)
80 Nasal sound (5) 81 Battery fluid (4) 82 Second book of the Bible (6) 84 Newspaper boss (6) 86 Cooker compartment (4)
87 Map proportion (5) 88 Former Bond girl and Oscar-winner for L.A. Confidential (3, 8) 89 Actor starring in
Pulp Fiction and the Die Hard series (5, 6)
DOWN
1 Fail to recall (6) 2 Hugged (8)
3 Happen (5)
4 — Draper, Mad
Men character (3)
5 Hut made of snow (5) 6 Road tar (7)
7 Ask for (7) 9 Clear-headed (5) 10 Maiden name indicator (3)
11 Bart Simpson’s dad (5) 12 Lifted pressure (8) 13 Revolve (6)
21 Flashlight (5)
23 Oily fruit (5)
24 Headache pill (7) 26 Warehouse (5) 28 Swoon (5)
29 Crepe (7)
30 Actress who plays the role of Sharpay Evans in the High School Musical series (6, 7) 32 Former Miss Great Britain who fell out with Shilpa
Shetty on Celebrity Big Brother (8, 5)
34 Fuel gauge (5) 35 Primitive (5)
37 Worn out (9) 39 Grooming tool (9) 42 Everlasting (7)
43 Made safe (7) 49 Playhouse (7)
50 Tedious task (5) 51 Olympic Games award (5)
52 Bent (7)
56 Bay (5)
58 Sunday joint (5) 62 Keyboard instrument (5) 64 Sorcery, witchcraft (5)
66 Tough, light metal (8) 68 Continue to exist despite dangerous circumstances (8) 70 Link together (7) 71 Childish (7)
72 Assault (6)
73 Boxer’s shorts (6)
75 Coil of hair (5)
76 Sharp, intense (5) 78 Below (5)
79 Dried corn stalks (5) 83 Possess (3)
85 Nervous twitch (3)