Celeb Crossword
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Here’s a quick crossword for you to tackle!
ACROSS
Late whisky-drinking Irish comedian (4,5) 7 Lip, edge (3) 8 Irish county (7) 9 Love deeply (5) 12 Wood dye (5) 17 Braggart (4-3) 18 Musical beat (6) 19 Doctor Who time machine (6) 21 Extreme (7) 22 Withdrawn (5) 24 Drive away (5) 26 TV cook known as ‘the Domestic Goddess’, — Lawson (pictured top left) (7) 1 28 Equip with weapons (3) 29 Magazine problem
solver (5,4)
DOWN
1 2 3 4 5 6 10 11
Nessun —, Puccini aria (5) Force, energy (3) Become rotten (5) Coastal golf course (5) Berate, henpeck (3) TV’s Chatty Man, — Carr (pictured bottom right) (4) Heavy with sleepiness (6) Football official (7)
Scotland’s longest river (3) Breathe in (6) Attack (6) Coat with flour (6) Pair of performers (3) 22 Thomas —, Rule, Britannia composer (4) Nick —, British golfer (5) 24 Prepared (5) 25 Extent (5) 27 India’s smallest
state (3) 28 Kwik-E-Mart proprietor
in The Simpsons (3) 13 14 15 16 20 23
The answer to each question can be found in the box at the bottom. Cross them off as you go. One answer will be left over — which is it? Solutions below 1 2 3 4 5 6
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