£1000 Big Name Crossword
Solve the clues and the shaded squares will spell out words linking SCARLETT JOHANSSON and JAMES MIDDLETON, then call or text the numbers below with your prize words for a chance to win £1000.
ACROSS
1 Spanish city (8)
5 Household pest (9)
10 Wartime German prison (6)
16 Top of the milk (5)
17 Exercises performed regularly (4,3)
18 Willow (5)
19 Musical group (5)
20 Snug retreat (4)
21 Newspaper boss (6)
22 Runway (8)
23 Neglect (4)
26 Belonging to them (5)
28 Foot-operated lever (5)
29 Lacking width (6)
33 Avoid deliberately (4)
34 Gains (5)
35 Recently (2,4)
39 Level of a ship (4)
40 1996 Coen brothers film (5) 42 Sport (5,4)
45 Vendetta (4)
47 Having a high
temperature (7)
48 Equipped again (7)
49 Metal (4)
52 Nature (9)
53 Film genre, (abbr) (3-2)
54 – Bush, singer (4)
57 Piercing cry (6)
59 Fine cotton (5)
60 – Morrissey, actor (4)
64 Prises (6)
65 Slow-cooked dishes (5)
66 Perspire (5)
70 Sharp pull (4)
71 Hypnotic (8)
72 Improve (6)
75 Boundary (4)
79 German submarine (1-4)
80 – La Plante, author (5)
81 Cease (7)
82 Imperial measure (5)
83 Views (6)
84 Replace (9)
85 Partial sum (8)
DOWN
1 Neighbourhood (8)
2 English city (5)
3 Deadened (4)
4 Annoyed (5)
6 Alight (2,4)
7 Military knapsack (3,3)
8 Unscented (9)
9 – Ronaldo, footballer (9)
11 Inflection (4)
12 Milestone event (8)
13 Do with great enthusiasm (2,2,4)
14 American coin (4)
15 Hiking route (5)
24 Fashion (5)
25 Rags (7)
27 Set of moral principles (5)
30 Disregarding one’s interests (8)
31 City in Cornwall (5)
32 Things lying about untidily (7)
36 Building (7)
37 Flatbread (4)
38 Bungled (7)
41 Partisan (3-5)
42 Caution (4)
43 Positive and confident (7)
44 Lascivious or unpleasant look (4)
46 – Mountains, range in Russia (4)
50 Assembles (7)
51 Capital of Belarus (5)
55 Wonderland heroine (5)
56 Grind one’s teeth (5)
58 Capital of Nepal (9)
59 Small letters (5,4)
61 British singer and
2009 X Factor runner-up (4,4)
62 Vespers (8)
63 Intangible (8)
67 Beautiful girl (5)
68 Eats rapidly (6)
69 Spied furtively (6)
73 Lou –, US musician (4)
74 Greek island (5)
76 Kirsten –, Bring It On actress (5)
77 Proofreader’s instruction (4)
78 Embedded part of a tooth (4)