£1000 Big Name Crossword
Solve the clues and the shaded squares will spell out words linking RITA HAYWORTH and MARLON BRANDO, then call or text the numbers below with your prize words for a chance to win £1000.
ACROSS
1 Long-tailed parrot (8)
5 Word for word (8)
10 Executive capital of Eswatini (7)
15 Sylvester Stallone film franchise (5)
16 Chucked (5)
17 Branched horns (7)
18 Roman gowns (5)
19 Dine (3)
20 Capital of Nepal (9)
21 Hand (4)
22 Involuntary bodily reaction (6)
23 Online company (3,3)
25 Yield (4,4)
28 Beat painfully (5)
30 Salty (6)
31 Protect (6)
34 Soft Italian cheese (7)
36 Cope (6)
38 Ponder (4)
39 Convey (8)
42 Pulse vegetable (6)
44 Divulges (9)
46 Grain seeds (6)
48 – McElhone, Solaris actress (8)
49 Prayer ending (4)
50 Ask earnestly (6)
53 Road surfacing material (7)
55 Views (6) 56 Afternoon nap (6)
58 Medical images (1-4)
60 Set in opposition (8)
63 All together (2,4)
67 Only (6) 68 Commotion (4)
70 Completely disorganised (9)
72 Exercise venue (3)
74 Bar of gold (5)
75 Contort the face (7)
76 Boring tool (5)
77 Country in Oceania (5)
78 Ward (7) 79 Dampness (8)
80 Printer’s font (8)
DOWN
1 August meteor shower (7)
2 Post off (5)
3 Demolish (5,4)
4 Property (6)
6 – Currie, former MP (6)
7 Magnificent (7)
8 Channing –, Magic Mike actor (5)
9 Top musician (7)
10 Is obliged to (4)
11 Genuine (9)
12 Bony (7)
13 English county (5)
14 Baby buggy (4)
24 Bird’s claw (5)
26 Zoo employees (7)
27 Scandinavian country (6)
29 Husks of grain (4)
30 Easy (6)
32 Full of energy (9)
33 Romantic appointments (5)
35 Connection (3-2)
37 Third Greek letter (5)
40 Drink noisily (5)
41 Spanish dish (6)
43 Transplanted tissue (5)
44 Business transactions (5)
45 Lurch (7)
47 Picturesque (6)
51 Artist’s stand (5)
52 Species of wild goat (4)
54 Festive evergreen shrub (9)
57 Naivety (9)
59 At a brisk tempo (7)
61 Nurture (7)
62 Hang (7)
64 Reckon (7)
65 Not occupied (6)
66 Liquid waste (6)
67 Cut corners (5)
69 Muscular contraction (5)
71 Sacks (4)
72 Dutch cheese (5)
73 Monster (4)