£1000 Big Name Crossword
Solve the clues and the shaded squares will spell out words linking MICHAEL CAINE and STEPHEN FRY, then call or text the numbers below with your prize words for a chance to win £1000.
ACROSS 1 Printer’s font (8) 5 Animal disease (9) 10 One who is very poor (6) 16 Prices per hour (5) 17 Virtuoso (7) 18 Face part (5)
19 First World War Prime Minister, David – George (5)
20 1990 film, – of Thunder (4)
21 Part human, part machine (6)
22 Birth town of Captain Sir Tom Moore (8)
23 Destroy (4) 26 Employers (5) 28 Property documents (5) 29 Commands (6) 33 Long journey (4) 34 Weak and unsteady (5) 35 Injures (6) 39 Beers (4) 40 Substitute GP (5) 42 Chairs, tables, etc. (9) 45 Drag or tow (4) 47 Made from clay (7) 48 Customers (7) 49 Form of tide (4) 52 Not morally correct (9) 53 Italian city (5) 54 Actor, – Douglas (4) 57 Stylist’s creation (6) 59 On two occasions (5) 60 Flexible pipe (4) 64 Smaller part (6) 65 Memorise (5) 66 Sells (5) 70 Cooker (4) 71 Dead end (3-2-3) 72 Lavishly decorated (6) 75 Pretend to sing (4)
79 Argentine footballer, Carlos - (5)
80 American mammal (5) 81 Film director, Jane - (7) 82 Bitesize pancakes (5) 83 City in South Africa (6) 84 Groom’s celebration (4,5) 85 Border collie (8)
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1 Exhausted (5,3) 2 Succinct (5) 3 Quick (4)
4 Appliance with multiple functions (5)
6 Complete (6) 7 Russian sled (6) 8 Industrial apparatus (9) 9 Cosmetic product (9) 11 Skilled (4) 12 Manufacturer (8) 13 Insolence (8) 14 Marxist leader, – Trotsky (4) 15 Winter sportsperson (5) 24 Tennis pro, Naomi - (5) 25 Part-exchange (5-2) 27 Weird (5)
30 Composer of sacred songs (8)
31 English novelist, – Mitford (5) 32 Mexican dish (7) 36 Complete failure (7) 37 Magical symbol (4)
38 Made for a particular customer (7)
41 Exaggerate an illness (8) 42 Ran away (4) 43 Sword-fighters (7) 44 Windmill blade (4) 46 Second-hand (4) 50 Expressions (7) 51 Path in space (5) 55 Norwegian dramatist (5) 56 Use a razor (5) 58 Bank account deficit (9) 59 A convincing defeat (9) 61 Varied (8) 62 Spectator (8) 63 Escorting (8) 67 Group (5) 68 Shrub or small tree (6) 69 Layout (6) 73 Dark film genre (4) 74 Fish (5) 76 Homeric epic (5)
77 Singer-songwriter, George - (4)
78 Woodwind instrument (4)