£1000 Big Name Crossword
Solve the clues and the shaded squares will spell out words linking the Queen and Ernest Hemingway, then call or text the numbers below with your prize words for a chance to win £1000.
ACROSS
1 Strong, mighty (8)
5 Tricky, not easy (9)
10 Haphazard, arbitrary (6)
16 Move (5)
17 Radioactive metallic element used for nuclear energy (7)
18 Go in (5)
19 Cruise ship (5)
20 Layer (4)
21 Universal, worldwide (6)
22 Pest (8)
23 Leave out (4)
26 Small Mediterranean fruit used for making oil (5)
28 Dais, raised platform (5)
29 Mark inked into the skin with a needle (6)
33 Just (4)
34 Spacious (5)
35 Shiny metal plating (6)
39 Ajar (4)
40 Book of photos (5)
42 Able to speak two languages (9)
45 Converse (4)
47 Long-necked African animal (7)
48 Put in order (7)
49 Hint (4)
52 Sense of longing for past places and things (9)
53 Flax fabric (5)
54 Mark left by a wound (4)
57 Comfort, ease (6)
59 Gluttony (5)
60 Genuine (4)
64 Edge, border (6)
65 Wide (5)
66 Welsh dog breed (5)
70 Adore (4)
71 Demonic, monstrous (8)
72 List of items for discussion (6)
75 Desire (4)
79 Flavour (5)
80 Correct (5)
81 Proof of purchase (7)
82 Flowering plant (5)
83 Number in a cricket team (6)
84 Now (2, 7)
85 Curved shape (8)
DOWN
1 Place (8)
2 Put pen to paper (5)
3 Assess (4)
4 Regular, normal (5)
6 Hanging spike of frozen water (6)
7 Long period without adequate food (6)
8 Branch of science (9)
9 Sluggish (9)
11 Fighting partner (4)
12 High explosive (8)
13 Long race (8)
14 Young sheep (4)
15 Building block (5)
24 Vessel carrying passengers across a river (5)
25 Item of clothing (7)
27 Furious (5)
30 Dire, terrible (8)
31 Vestibule, foyer (5)
32 Book or TV series in three parts (7)
36 Happy, satisfied (7)
37 Animal that represents the star sign Taurus (4)
38 Branch of mathematics (7)
41 Flavourful liquid or paste in which meat is soaked before cooking (8)
42 Spoiled child (4)
43 Person journeying to a shrine (7)
44 Molten rock (4)
46 Mislaid (4)
50 Spear thrown by an athlete (7)
51 Heavenly being (5)
55 Seat (5)
56 Prayer said before a meal (5)
58 Period of two weeks (9)
59 Roman warrior (9)
61 Egg-based dish (8)
62 Ravine (8)
63 Clear, separate (8)
67 Journal (5)
68 Refrain repeated in a song (6)
69 Bird of prey (6)
73 Wicked (4)
74 Put off, discourage (5)
76 More than sufficient (5)
77 Unit of heredity (4)
78 In addition (4)
Big Name Crossword solutions in next Saturday’s Daily Record