Big name crossword
Solve the clues and the shaded squares will spell out words linking Paul Burrell and Tim Vine, then call or text the numbers below with your prize words for a chance to win £1000.
ACROSS Dale —, popular late TV star (6) Fruit pip, or ranked player (4) Provide meals (5) Produce offspring (5) Fishnet legwear? (6) Reserve (10) Highland dress pouch (7) Winter sport participant (5) Meowing animal (3) Flakes that fall in winter (4) Fish that swims upright (8) Sufficient (8) Slumber (5) Rainbow colour (6) Keep in custody (6) Slow and steady (7) Very well-known (6) Cowboy film (7) Threaten (6) Road avoiding an urban area (6) Travel by bike (4) Nought (4) Eggbeater (5) Pen for pet budgies (4) Food grown in a paddy field (4) Argue about (6) Joining together of two business firms (6) Athlete’s coach (7) Excessively flattering (6)
— Hendry, snooker champion (7) Stringed instrument, fiddle (6) Glowing from extreme warmth (3-3) Exclusive news story (5) Interrogate (8) Stress, accent (8) Small group of musicians (4) Snoop (3) Toffee-like in consistency (5) Shortage of rain (7) Furniture item used by King Arthur and his knights (5, 5) Santa’s cave (6) Oval-ball game (5) Gentle push (5) Eager (4) Bordeaux wine (6) DOWN Resist (9) Ignoring one’s duties (9) Swimming mammal (5) Eject lava (5) Shallow bowl (4) Money-off voucher (6) Attach using string (3) Slice of bacon (6) Spectator’s disapproving shout (3) Slip-up (5) Unsafe, or risky (9) Paper hanky (6) Holby —, medical drama series (4)
Country whose capital is Budapest (7) Pleased (4) Join forces (5) Quarantine (9) — and Juliet, Shakespeare tragedy (5) Designer of buildings (9) Leg joint (4) On top of the —, happy (5) Piece of dining-room furniture (9) At this moment (3) Asparagus stalk (5) Barrel (3) Rounded line (5) Garden door (4) Fete lottery (7) False name (5) Stop fighting and admit defeat (9) Trudge (4) English city (9) Farmyard kid’s mother (5, 4) Month of 31 days (4) Overcast (6) Once —, twice shy, saying (6) Stocky bird (6) Spike of a fork (5) Regular beat in the wrist (5) Christmas hymn (5) Comedian, — Dee (4) Bonfire Night doll (3) Fishing pole (3)