£1000 Big Name Crossword
Solve the clues and the shaded squares will spell out words linking Johnny Cash and Sean Penn, then call or text the numbers below with your prize words for a chance to win £1000.
ACROSS
1 Nervous —, sensory network in the body (6) 4 Fried potato strip (4) 7 Italian staple (5) 10 First appearance (5) 14 Backward jerk of a fired gun (6) 15 Brand new idea or process (10) 16 Common flavour of 20 Across (7) 17 In that place (5) 18 Firmament (3) 19 Small amount (4) 20 Frozen dessert (3, 5) 23 Very fine gauze or silk fabric (8) 25 Divine messenger (5) 26 Nearly (6) 28 Edge, border (6) 29 Place to catch a train (7) 32 Frenzied, frantic (6) 34 New driver (7) 36 Wicker container (6) 38 Remove, disconnect (6) 40 Public garden (4) 41 Sulk (4) 42 Tasteless, insipid (5) 44 Group, association (4) 46 Layer (4) 47 Forgive (6) 49 Movie house? (6) 50 School (7) 52 Wife or husband (6) 53 Immediate (7) 55 Portable computer (6) 59 Characteristic of rural life (6) 60 Routine task (5) 62 Practise for a performance (8) 65 Moving, touching (8) 67 Percussion instrument (4) 68 Mine (3) 69 Gravy or relish (5) 71 Person that has risen suddenly to a position of power (7) 73 Relating to biology or physics? (10) 74 Gentle wind (6) 75 Bring to bear (5) 76 Lifting machine (5) 77 At that moment (4) 78 Of the mind (6)
DOWN
1 Ploy, tactic (9) 2 Next in line (9) 3 Banishment (5) 5 Bee’s product (5) 6 Conspire (4) 7 Base for a statue (6) 8 Immoral act (3) 9 Counsel given in light of an impending decision (6) 10 Loud noise (3) 11 Rounded swelling (5) 12 Emotionally distressing (9) 13 Relating to dogs (6) 18 Storage hut (4) 21 Place of learning (7) 22 Tied loop in a piece of rope, eg (4) 24 Foreign (5) 27 Exclude (9) 30 Periodic —, list of chemical elements (5) 31 Surgical procedure (9) 33 Threesome (4) 34 Oversight in judgement? (5) 35 Extremely cruel or wicked (9) 37 Cry (3) 39 Move quickly (5) 43 Colouring agent (3) 44 Series of links (5) 45 Location of Salt Lake City (4) 48 Meeting of a court or parliament (7) 51 Astound (5) 52 Sacred writings of a religion (9) 54 Wheel cover (4) 56 Tempestuous, unsettled (9) 57 In stages, gradually (9) 58 Money owed (4) 61 Merciful (6) 63 Seize suddenly (6) 64 Claude Monet or Vincent van Gogh, eg (6) 66 Edition (5) 68 Cost (5) 69 Strong rush or sweep (5) 70 Clenched hand (4) 72 Towards the back of a ship (3) 73 Descend the piste! (3)
Big Name Crossword solutions in next Saturday’s Daily Mirror