£1000 Big Name Crossword
Solve the clues and the shaded squares will spell out words linking STING and MICK HUCKNALL, then call or text the numbers below with your prize words for a chance to win £1000.
ACROSS
1 Unhappy (8)
5 Scooter (5)
8 Escorting (8)
15 Nelson –, former South African president (7)
16 Ornamental bush (9)
17 Lasts (7)
18 African republic (6)
19 Ski race with gates (6)
22 Arboreal creature (5)
24 Profound (4)
26 Carve on a surface (4)
28 Alcoholic drink (5)
30 Undoubtedly (3,7)
33 Downton Abbey servant (6,4)
36 Unflagging (8)
41 Hit man (8)
45 Small pancakes (5)
47 Log boat (4)
48 Capital of the Philippines (6)
49 Humid (6)
50 Sprint (4)
52 Merriment (5)
54 Atrocious (8)
55 City in Mali (8)
58 Fierce attacks (10)
60 Island nation (10)
63 Prophetess (5)
65 Hoodwink (4)
66 Bill of fare (4)
68 Work shift (5)
70 Heavy blow (6)
72 Seize quickly (6)
80 Colonnade (7)
81 Latest news (4,5)
82 Souvenir (7)
83 Gambling game (8)
84 Mislays (5)
85 Miserable existence (4,4)
DOWN
1 Coward (4)
2 Sea eagles (5)
3 Milk substitute (7)
4 Empowered (7)
5 Doing word (4)
6 Type of bean (4)
7 Painful (4)
9 Secrecy (7)
10 Prevailing (7)
11 Celia –, British actress (5)
12 Long deep cut (4)
13 Some (1,3)
14 Lofty (4)
20 Norwegian king (4)
21 Poke (4)
23 Former Russian space
station (3)
25 Revise text (4)
27 Defrost (4)
29 Unit of heredity (1,1,1)
31 – Fitzgerald, singer (4)
32 Arturo –, Italian conductor (9)
34 One unable to sleep (9)
35 Wound crust (4)
36 Flashlight (5)
37 Allude (5)
38 Barack –, 44th US president (5)
39 Jewelled headdress (5)
40 PM’s first name (5)
42 Light quick meal (5)
43 First Indian PM (5)
44 Possessive pronoun (3)
46 Fire up an engine (3)
51 Intellect (4)
53 Musical instrument (4)
56 Type of tide (4)
57 Venerable –, saint (4)
58 English singer-songwriter,
Kate – (4)
59 Sphere (3)
61 Hawaiian garland (3)
62 Groups (4)
64 Member of a criminal
fraternity (7)
65 Distribute (4,3)
67 Having a fast beat (2-5)
68 Plots (7)
69 Greek island (5)
71 Expel (4)
73 Inquisitive (4)
74 Egyptian peninsula (5)
75 Incentive (4)
76 Lie or stand in a lazy way (4)
77 Chooses (4)
78 Snooker balls worth one point each (4)
79 Venetian chief magistrate (4)
Big Name Crossword solutions in next Saturday’s Daily Mirror