£1000 Big Name Crossword
Solve the clues and the shaded squares will spell out words linking BETTE MIDLER and BRUNO MARS, then call or text the numbers below with your prize words for a chance to win £1000.
ACROSS
1 Dreamer (8) 5 Vintner’s store (4,4) 10 In theory (2,5) 15 Prepared (5) 16 Spanish comrade (5)
17 Show business, informally (4,3)
18 Staggers (5) 19 Type of beer (1,1,1) 20 Peninsula in SE Asia (9) 21 Plant storage organ (4) 22 To drink (6) 23 Football player (6)
25 Sir Alex -, former British football manager (8)
28 Hopeless or futile (2-3) 30 Points out similarity (6) 31 Pulsates (6) 34 Cooked sandwich (7) 36 Angel (6) 38 Brass component (4) 39 High and mighty (8) 42 Tips over or spills (6) 44 Indispensable thing (9) 46 To collapse (4,2) 48 Surprised (8) 49 Rock group, – Straits (4) 50 Aide (6) 53 Unfasten by twisting (7) 55 Diplomatic messengers (6) 56 Blood antigen (6) 58 Leaves (5) 60 Scalp problem (8) 63 Canada’s capital (6) 67 Caprice (6) 68 Singer, – Redding (4) 70 Run-through (9) 72 Hospital department (1,1,1)
74 Brief Encounter actress, – Johnson (5)
75 Type of sherry (7) 76 Holy person (5) 77 Ben -, comedian (5) 78 Find refuge (7) 79 Ward (8)
80 Quantifies the dimensions (8)
DOWN
1 Making money (7) 2 Radio presenter, – Amfo (5) 3 Doctor (9) 4 Beer and lemonade (6) 6 Widely recognised (6) 7 Catch in a trap (7) 8 Atomic weapon (1-4) 9 Small rounded stones (7) 10 Exude (4) 11 Arsonist’s compulsion (9)
12 Advance showing of a film (7)
13 Model, – HuntingtonWhiteley (5)
14 Circular plate (4) 24 Joint above a foot (5) 26 Italian potato dumplings (7) 27 Essential character (6) 29 Requirement (4) 30 Imprison or confine (4,2)
32 2007 musical romcom with John Travolta (9)
33 Weak and unsteady (5) 35 Of pitch (5) 37 Speak (5) 40 Exam mark (5) 41 Sleeps noisily (6) 43 Satisfies (5) 44 Gentle push (5) 45 Corpse (7) 47 Imperfect (6) 51 Spaghetti, e.g. (5) 52 Protuberance (4) 54 Opposed (9)
57 Accommodation managers (9)
59 Scottish hunting guide (7) 61 Countries (7) 62 Ardour, zeal (7) 64 Is present at (7)
65 Healthcare professional (abbr.) (6)
66 Disease-carrying fly (6) 67 Candle cords (5) 69 Uncomplaining (5) 71 A continent (4) 72 Go inside (5) 73 E.g. Ilkley or Bodmin (4)