£1000 Big Name Crossword
Solve the clues and the shaded squares will spell out words linking Rod Stewart and Jools Holland, then call or text the numbers below with your prize words for a chance to win £1000.
ACROSS
1 So-so (8) 5 Most liked (9) 10 Toboggan (6) 16 Work of fiction (5) 17 Immature cucumber (7) 18 Christmas song (5) 19 Choice of roads taken to get somewhere (5) 20 Hollow flexible bamboo stem (4) 21 Hot condiment (6) 22 Transfer, pass on (8) 23 Stylish, elegant (4) 26 Equestrian (5) 28 Once more (5) 29 Gripping tool (6) 33 Defect (4) 34 Astound (5) 35 Tooth coating (6) 39 Inflammation of the eyelid (4) 40 Place where gladiators fought (5) 42 Sure of oneself (9) 45 Very big (4) 47 Strong-flavoured blue-veined cheese (7) 48 Treasure tenderly (7) 49 Conspiracy (4) 52 New Orleans’ state (9) 53 Bellybutton (5) 54 Famously extinct bird (4) 57 Waver weakly, or stumble (6) 59 Sudden strong rush or increase (5) 60 Go up (4) 64 Spike of frozen water (6) 65 Burn with a sudden bright flame (5) 66 Illegal fire starting (5) 70 Skin complaint (4) 71 Imagine, believe (8) 72 Explanation offered in defence of a fault (6) 75 Angel’s ring of light (4) 79 Surpass, or be outstandingly good (5) 80 Intelligent, or well-dressed (5) 81 Far away (7) 82 Release slowly through pores (5) 83 Wobble (6) 84 Else (9) 85 Not guilty (8)
DOWN
1 Treatment for the hands and nails (8) 2 Backless sofa (5) 3 Leer at (4) 4 Dishonest person, rascal (5) 6 Capital of Turkey (6) 7 Heavily decorated (6) 8 Quadrilateral (9) 9 Mechanical gate outside a football ground (9) 11 Songbird (4) 12 Female offspring (8) 13 Work out at the gym (8) 14 Profound (4) 15 Liquid (5) 24 Shellfish (5) 25 North African country (7) 27 Defer, or hold up (5) 30 Sweet biscuit made from ground almonds (8) 31 Grow thinner at one end (5) 32 Decorate food (7) 36 Material used to surface roads (7) 37 Perceive by touch (4) 38 Cowboy’s hat (7) 41 Mythical Greek hero killed by a wound to his heel (8) 42 Wine-bottle stopper (4) 43 Capital of US state of Georgia (7) 44 Jumping parasite (4) 46 Painful inflammation of the foot and big toe (4) 50 Attack (7) 51 Turn aside, or prevent (5) 55 Fertile spot in the desert (5) 56 Prolonged dull cry of pain (5) 58 Disinclined, unwilling (9) 59 Napkin (9) 61 Thin wire in a lightbulb (8) 62 Peak (8) 63 Impudent, disrespectful (8) 67 Farmyard bird (5) 68 Pasture, field (6) 69 Population count (6) 73 Crustacean (4) 74 Silky fabric (5) 76 Entertain (5) 77 Run away (4) 78 Refuse consent, or ban (4)