£1000 Big Name Crossword
Solve the clues and the shaded squares will spell out words linking Clive James and Miriam Margolyes, then call or text the numbers below with your prize words for a chance to win £1000.
ACROSS
1 Barbecue fuel (8) 5 Chronometer used to time races (9) 10 Arachnid (6) 16 Shelf (5) 17 Sports shoe (7) 18 Instruct (5) 19 Thing of value or worth (5) 20 Seldom found (4) 21 Hole left
by a meteor (6) 22 Winter month (8) 23 Twit (4) 26 Elude, evade (5) 28 Circular (5) 29 — elbow, muscle
overuse injury (6) 33 Broad (4) 34 Parasitic insect (5) 35 Give in, change
one’s mind (6) 39 Thing on a list? (4) 40 Gentleman’s
gentleman (5) 42 Surgical
procedure (9) 45 Work for,
merit (4) 47 Cut off,
keep separate (7) 48 Alike (7) 49 Spoiled child (4) 52 Hostility,
resentment (9) 53 Cook a joint
in a hot oven (5) 54 Dull pain (4) 57 Disappear (6) 59 Die down (5) 60 Narrow
country road (4) 64 Sumptuous
residence (6) 65 Old —, former
romantic partner (5) 66 Greek island (5) 70 Bamboo stick (4) 71 Child’s musical instrument (8) 72 Natural aptitude (6) 75 Hindu woman’s garment (4) 79 Frequently (5) 80 Bulge, puff up (5) 81 Facial bristle (7) 82 Church singing
group (5) 83 Fourteen-line
poem (6) 84 Urge on,
support (9) 85 Drink (8)
DOWN
1 US state with the capital Denver (8) 2 Venomous British snake (5) 3 Workers on board a ship (4) 4 Adapt, change (5) 6 Treeless frozen plain (6) 7 Procession (6) 8 Vegetable with globe and Jerusalem varieties (9) 9 Collier (4, 5) 11 Apex (4) 12 Reduction in price (8) 13 Pitiful, cruel (8) 14 Desire (4) 15 The Taming of the —, Shakespeare play (5) 24 Saturday Night —,
John Travolta film (5) 25 Large cushion filled with polystyrene balls (7) 27 Go by car (5) 30 Lift (8) 31 Person who
intimidates another (5) 32 Against the law (7) 36 Pickling liquid (7) 37 Layer of a
wedding cake (4) 38 One more (7) 41 Unlucky number? (8) 42 Leave out (4) 43 Common painkiller (7) 44 Child’s —, 1988 horror film about a doll named Chucky (4) 46 Ambush (4) 50 King or queen (7) 51 Manmade
waterway (5) 55 Simple paddled boat (5) 56 Location,
venue (5) 58 Night of October 31 (9) 59 Animal covered in tough protective ‘plates’ (9) 61 Roomy (8) 62 Mass of tiny
marine organisms (8) 63 Heritage,
line of descent (8) 67 Stop (5) 68 Beer-maker (6) 69 Thin twine (6) 73 Large pond (4) 74 Daring, courage (5) 76 Scent (5) 77 Part of the leg (4) 78 Unit of land area (4)