£1000 Big Name Crossword
Solve the clues and the shaded squares will spell out words linking LIZA MINELLI and BUZZ ALDRIN, then call or text the numbers below with your prize words for a chance to win £1000.
ACROSS
1 Being the same (9)
6 Length of time a thing exists
for (4,4)
10 Balloon gas (6)
15 Quiet and inactive (7)
16 Simultaneous discharge of
weapons (5)
17 Alarm (5)
18 Rearrange (5)
19 One who looks down on
others (4)
20 Heavenly belt (6)
21 Careful and deliberate (8)
22 Noise to attractive
attention (4)
25 – Spielberg, film director (6)
26 Academic assessment (4)
28 Bruise (9)
29 High waterproof boots (6)
31 Viking symbol (4)
32 Service personnel (8)
36 Danger (4)
37 Any very distant place (8)
39 Big and strong (5)
42 Art of paper folding (7)
44 Wellness resort (6,3)
46 Pasta in short spirals (7)
48 – Dent, lexicographer (5)
50 Punctuation mark (4,4)
51 Acting school (inits)
53 Beetle type (8)
55 Legal inheritor (4)
57 City famous for
sword-making (6)
59 Emphasise (9)
61 Dutch cheese (4)
62 Distributor (6)
66 Snug retreat (4)
67 Safely (8)
69 Otherwise (2,4)
70 Worshipped image (4)
74 Pretend (5)
75 Spiny succulents (5)
76 Happen afterwards (5)
77 Wiping clean (7)
78 Fencing movements (6)
79 Nestles (8)
80 Drinks (9)
DOWN
1 Asian river (5)
2 Aural structure (7)
3 Streetcar (4)
4 Natural fabric (6)
5 Movie dog (6)
6 Light purple (5)
7 Kitchen appliance (4,5)
8 Shade of brown (5)
9 State publicly (8)
11 Greyish-yellow (4)
12 Unfairness (9)
13 Huge weight (7)
14 Movable partition (6)
23 American state (8)
24 City in Switzerland (6)
25 Stitches (4)
27 Multi-seater vehicle (7)
30 Causes a train to leave its
tracks (7)
33 Light downy substance (5)
34 Thwart (6)
35 Gull (4)
38 Preamble (5)
40 Leaves (7)
41 Of or on the back (6)
43 Conclude from facts (5)
44 Pious (4)
45 Severe (7)
47 Type of fish (8)
49 Prepare for burial (6)
52 Excursion (4)
54 Processing of food in the
body (9)
56 Prepackaged dish (5,4)
58 Ancient Italian (8)
59 Small amount (7)
60 European country (6)
63 Downfall (7)
64 Echoing sound (abbr.) (6)
65 Isaac –, sci-fi author (6)
68 J R –, character from TV show Dallas (5) 69 Expels (5)
71 Former capital of Nigeria (5)
72 Formerly (4)
73 Trade insults (4)
Big Name Crossword solutions in next Saturday’s Daily Mirror