£1000 Big Name Crossword
Solve the clues and the shaded squares will spell out words linking AMY ADAMS and JOEL McHALE, then call or text the numbers below with your prize words for a chance to win £1000.
ACROSS
1 Kirk Douglas film (9)
6 Surprised (8)
10 Squanders (6)
15 Hurt pride (7)
16 Skilled trade (5)
17 Wet mud (5)
18 Promises (5)
19 Mortuary table (4)
20 Official ID (6)
21 Improving the appearance
only (8)
22 Challenge (4)
25 One-sided (6)
26 Labels (4)
28 Dreary (9)
29 Campanologist (6)
31 Speck of soot or dirt (4)
32 Nudity (8)
36 Lindsay Lohan film,
The Parent – (4)
37 Famished (8)
39 Hindu guru (5)
42 Bruce Willis film,
The Fifth – (7)
44 Samples (9)
46 Game of Thrones actress, –
Dormer (7)
48 Slow-cooked dishes (5)
50 Made with yeast (8)
51 Last of the Summer Wine
character, – Batty (4)
53 Confusion (8)
55 Young woman (4)
57 Buddhist chant (6)
59 Ignite (3,4,2)
61 Gull-like bird (4)
62 Contrive (6)
66 Smokey and the Bandit actor,
– Reynolds (4)
67 Be towed behind a
speedboat (5-3)
69 George Clooney film,
Hail, – (6)
70 Fraudulent (4)
74 Adult insect (5)
75 Allotted portion (5)
76 Jerome K Jerome novel, –
Men in a Boat (5)
77 Colombian Whenever,
Wherever singer (7)
78 Tried out (6)
79 Harshly (8)
80 Orchestral work by Paul
Dukas, The – Apprentice (9)
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1 Religious groups (5)
2 Montgomery’s state (7)
3 Mountain lake (4)
4 Swindler (3,3)
5 Pouch (6)
6 Dried sores (5)
7 Absolute rulers (9)
8 Chores (5)
9 Proof (8)
11 Nautical greeting (4)
12 Private chat (4-1-4)
13 Series of cliffs on the South
Downs, Seven – (7)
14 Country in Central
America (6)
23 Traitor (8)
24 Athenians (6)
25 Town in Greater
Manchester (4)
27 Slumber, informally (7)
30 Somewhere else (3,4)
33 Fire-raising (5)
34 Arachnid (6)
35 Deities (4)
38 UK TV presenter, Dr –
Roberts (5)
40 Not less than (2,5)
41 Taunted (6)
43 The symbol ~ (5)
44 Tinned meat product (4) 45 Refined (7)
47 Deceitful (3-5)
49 Sandwich, informally (6) 52 Overdue (4)
54 Anglo-Irish pop
group, The – (9)
56 Napkin (9)
58 Endure (8)
59 Eke out existence (7)
60 Pass by (6)
63 John Lennon hit song (7) 64 Brimless caps (6)
65 German imperial title (6) 68 Setting (5)
69 Bear (5)
71 Academic assessments (5) 72 Fail to win (4)
73 Loathe (4)