Big Name Crossword
Solve the clues and the shaded squares will spell out words linking Noel Coward and Julian Clary, then call or text the numbers below with your prize words for a chance to win £1000.
Flowering spike on a tree (6) Succeed in an exam (4) Court panellist (5) Tot up the number of (5)
14 Almost (6)
15 Opposition (to) (10)
16 True to form (7)
17 Adversary (5)
18 Play a role (3)
19 Invalid (4)
20 Royal daughter (8)
23 Room equipped
with tanning beds (8) 25 Thin crisp biscuit eaten
with ice cream (5)
26 Small informal
restaurant (6)
28 Try hard (6)
29 Memorial statement inscribed onto a gravestone (7)
32 Ask for in payment (6) 34 Injection needle (7)
36 Have in mind (6)
38 Emergency (6)
40 Govern (4)
41 Fastening made by looping and tying string (4)
42 Phantom (5)
44 Ballot (4)
46 Big cat (4)
47 Get away from (6)
49 Strength, energy (6) 50 Intellectual, brainiac (7) 52 Chief (6)
53 Violent storm (7)
55 Ploy, method (6)
59 Fingerless glove (6)
60 Sweet sticky substance
produced by bees (5) 62 Valuable silvery-white
metal (8)
65 Scarcity (8)
67 Lazy (4)
68 Simple shelter (3)
69 Frighten (5)
71 Alligator pear (7)
73 Dog with a strong
sense of smell (10)
74 Light porous rock (6) 75 Spooky (5)
76 Written composition (5) 77 Furniture wood (4)
78 Respectable (6) 1
4 7 10
General agreement (9) Voyager (9) Inserted design or decoration (5) Representative (5) External covering for one’s body (4) Rainforest (6) Cereal plant (3)
— of the Mack,
1996 chart topper (6) Flat hat (3)
Male relative (5) Optical instrument used by astronomers (9)
13 Standing posture (6)
18 Join onto (4)
21 Nor (7)
22 Silly (4)
24 Dark bird (5)
27 Mechanical gate that controls entry into a stadium, eg (9)
30 Substance used
to colour walls (5)
31 Festive theatre show (9) 33 — on, rest against for
support (4)
34 Sudden gush (5)
35 Unwilling (9)
37 Towing boat (3)
39 Church council (5)
43 Number in a pair (3)
44 Disease or infection (5) 45 At that moment (4)
48 Gift (7)
51 Allowance,
endowment (5)
52 Deposit found
inside kettles and pipes (9) 54 Verse
composition (4)
56 Tease with the promise of something unobtainable (9)
57 Having sufficient skill
or knowledge (9)
58 Conspiracy (4)
61 Take or carry too far (6) 63 Pay no attention to (6)
64 Foolishness (6)
66 Smell (5)
68 Hair dye (5)
69 Gravy or relish, eg (5)
70 Outer garment (4)
72 Number of years (3)
73 Mode of transport (3) 1
2 3
5 6
7 8 9
10 11 12