Big Name Crossword
Solve the clues and the shaded squares will spell out words linking David Bowie and Alan Bennett, then call or text the numbers below with your prize words for a chance to win £1000.
ACROSS
1 Discontented, angry (11) 8 Wild confusion, uproar (11) 14 Highland Games pole (5) 15 Cooking fat (4) 16 Songbird (6) 17 Unquestionable truth, or religious music (6)
18 Coin factory (4)
19 Seize, capture (5)
20 Yearly celebration
of one’s wedding date (11)
22 Coin-operated gambling device (4, 7) 25 Long-necked animal (7) 27 Spoil, or demolish (7)
30 Fish (5)
31 Blood sucker (5) 33 Legendary bird that arises from its own ashes (7) 36 Gradually diminish (7)
38 Office worker (5)
40 Summer sport (6)
41 Song for two (4)
43 Cunning plan (4)
44 Skilful, dexterous (6)
45 Rodent often kept as a pet (7) 46 Material obtained from
elephants’ tusks (5)
47 Cowboy competition (5)
48 Black-and-white animal (5) 52 Cut or tear into
long narrow strips (5)
53 Jacket material? (7)
54 Indelible skin design (6)
55 Manage (4)
57 Rim (4)
59 Lie in wait for and attack (6) 60 Spicy Indian dish (5)
61 Six-sided shape (7)
63 Marine bird (7)
65 Long narrow piece of raised land (5) 67 Orchard fruit (5) 69 Vegetable (7)
71 Warm and friendly, or a fruity drink (7) 74 Dealer selling ribbons and thread (11) 77 Minced meat cooked in flaky pastry (7, 4)
80 Card game (5)
81 Peak (4)
82 South American river (6)
84 Large fleet (6)
86 Just, impartial (4)
87 Leader of the Argonauts
in Greek myth (5)
88 Without enthusiasm (4-7)
89 European country (11)
DOWN
1 US soap set around the Southfork Ranch (6) 2 Scatter in droplets (8) 3 Father’s brother (5) 4 Light brown (3) 5 Mistake (5) 6 Equilibrium (7)
7 Go down (7) 9 Circular reef surrounding a lagoon (5) 10 Dunk (3) 11 Mediterranean island (5)
12 Cause to begin (8)
13 Be of importance (6) 21 Emit light (5) 23 Rose’s barb (5) 24 Make bigger or louder (7)
26 Nimble (5)
28 Drying cloth (5)
29 Liquidiser (7)
30 Children’s author and illustrator (7, 6) 32 English county bordering London (13) 34 Chubby (5)
35 Soup (5)
37 In disguise (9)
39 Huge and heavy,
or cumbersome (9)
42 Scottish emblem (7)
43 Make ready (7)
49 One more (7)
50 Indistinct (5)
51 Acute (5)
52 Alike (7)
56 Devout (5)
58 Anticipate with
apprehension (5)
62 Accumulate (5)
64 Window material (5)
66 Exercise weight (8)
68 Extensive unbroken view (8) 70 Well-liked (7)
71 Red (7)
72 Beat soundly (6) 73 Flushed, or excessively ornate (6) 75 Male duck (5)
76 Run away to marry (5) 78 Projectile fired from a bow (5) 79 Solemn, serious (5)
83 Ventilate (3)
85 Creation of
works of beauty (3)