Celebrity Crossword
Solve this crossword in the usual way. The letters in the circled squares, reading from top to bottom, will answer (7,2,5,5) the question below about the celebrity Helen George. Solutions over the page
Helen George will be back on our TV screens this Christmas as Nurse Trixie in Call The Midwife. What competitive role did Helen briefly nurse an ambition for as a child?
1 The Antiques Roadshow presenter, — Bruce (5) 2 Button-up jumper (8)
3 — Fennell, played Patsy in Call the Midwife (7) 4 Wading bird (6)
5 Marine reef substance (5)
6 Christmas carol, Away In a — (6) 7 Substitute (7)
8 Sexy underwear (8)
9 BBC Breakfast sports presenter, — Nugent (5) 10 Take away weapons (6)
11 Stringed instrument (5)
12 Frodo in The Lord of the Rings, — Wood (6) 13 Noddy creator, — Blyton (4)
14 Oblong (9)
15 Metal the five rings are made of in
The Twelve Days of Christmas song (4)
16 Nimbleness (7)
17 Wise saying (7)
18 Wall-building Roman emperor (7)
19 Public outrage (7)
20 Force entry (5,2)
21 Steam room (5)
22 TV talent show, The — (1,6)
23 Kitchen mixer and blender (4,9)
24 Final drink before leaving (3,3,3,4)
25 Seasonal song,
God Rest Ye —, Gentlemen (5)
26 Writer of Love’s Labour’s Lost (11)
27 Daniel Radcliffe’s breakthrough film role (5,6) 28 Garland (6)
29 Without close inspection (2,1,6)
30 Small unit of weight (5)
31 Request — for 33, perhaps? (6)
32 Spicy sausage for pizza topping (9)
33 Charitable assistance (3)
34 Animal pelt (3)
35 Rich patterned fabric (6)
36 Keyboard instrument (5)
37 Restoration (6)
38 Flower of a fruit tree (7)
39 On whose feast Good King Wenceslas
looked out (7)
40 Dark syrup (7)
41 Three-part story (7)
42 Down payment (7) 43 A Christmas —, 2017 film about
the fictional royalty of Aldovia (6) 44 Weird, unnerving (5)
45 Gardening tool (6)
46 Animal present
at the Nativity (3)
47 Boring routine (3)
48 Professional occupation (6)
49 Volley of gunfire (5)
50 Magazine chief (6)
51 Mixture (5)
52 Sue —, Corrie’s Audrey Roberts (8) 53 Military or fire-fighting unit (7)
54 Natural talent (5)
55 Private Pike in Dad’s Army,
Ian — (8)
56 Whale fat (7)
57 World sporting event, — Games (7)
58 Reykjavik’s country (7) 59 Spice for mulled wine (6) 60 Meringue and summer
berry dessert (7)
61 Capital of Greece (6)
62 Aviator (5)
63 Champagne glass (5)
64 Hold-up (5)
65 Grain store (4)
66 Birthplace of Jesus (9)
67 — Edmonds, TV host (4) 68 Sheepdog breed (6)
69 Candle In The Wind singer, — John (5)
70 Frozen mountaintop (3,3)