£1000 Big Name Crossword
Solve the clues and the shaded squares will spell out words linking LIZZY YARNOLD and MARCUS RASHFORD, then call or text the numbers below with your prize words for a chance to win £1000.
ACROSS
1 Act of leaving (9) 6 Energetic person (4,4)
10 Area of Spain and Portugal (6)
15 Brave (7) 16 Court session (5)
17 Piece of music with recurring theme (5)
18 Impromptu (2,3) 19 Type of herb (4) 20 Hardened tissue (6) 21 German motorway (8) 22 Flat fishes (4) 25 In need of company (6)
26 Private Dancer singer, – Turner (4)
28 Rash or unwise (9) 29 Vulgar (6) 31 Fishing tools (4) 32 Flat iron cooking plates (8) 36 Coffee bar (4) 37 Extended journey (4,4) 39 Succinct (5) 42 Oars (7) 44 Helper (5,4)
46 Island birthplace of Napoleon (7)
48 1977 Fleetwood Mac song, The - (5)
50 Rotating engine part (8) 51 Voting against (4) 53 Travelling bag (8) 55 Tehran’s country (4) 57 Unsullied (6) 59 Fills with inhabitants (9) 61 Stash away money (4) 62 One who skips school (6)
66 ‘New Look’ fashion designer, Christian - (4)
67 Fragment (8) 69 Waterproof boots (6) 70 Be anxious (4) 74 Neglects (5)
75 Animal known as a forest giraffe (5)
76 Accustom (5) 77 Embed (7) 78 Continue to do (4,2) 79 Was present at (8) 80 Pub board game (9)
DOWN
1 Birds (5) 2 Many-sided shape (7)
3 Talking Heads hit, – to Nowhere (4)
4 Extremists (6) 5 Exalts (6) 6 Dens (5) 7 Estimation of worth (9)
8 Austrian singer, Conchita - (5)
9 Vehicle for short trips (8) 11 Reveal secrets (informal) (4) 12 Run-through (9)
13 Charged with an offence or crime (7)
14 1987 U2 album, The – Tree (6)
23 Serenely joyful (8) 24 Sidesteps (6) 25 Scottish lake (4) 27 Caribbean island (7) 30 Mythical home of Pan (7) 33 Ancient artefact (5) 34 Location tool, in short (3,3) 35 Cards dealt to a player (4) 38 Egg-shaped (5) 40 Ancestry (7) 41 Eras (6) 43 Settees (5) 44 Orinoco Flow singer (4) 45 Garments (1-6) 47 Lack (3,5)
49 Hollywood actress, – Kidman (6)
52 For fear that (4) 54 Ad-lib (9)
56 Quiz show, – - the Buzzcocks (5,4)
58 Hopeful (8) 59 Small field for horses (7) 60 Walk softly (6) 63 Overseas post system (7) 64 Part of speech (6)
65 Will Young album, – on the Bathroom Floor (6)
68 Nonsense (informal) (5) 69 Injury (5) 71 Levy (5)
72 Home of 1952 Winter Olympics (4)
73 Minor argument (4)