£1000 Big Name Crossword
Solve the clues and the shaded squares will spell out words linking Bill Bailey and Timothy Spall, then call or text the numbers below with your prize words for a chance to win £1000.
ACROSS
1 Look for (6) 4 Piece for two instruments (4) 7 Act of deception (5) 10 Tale with a moral (5) 14 Achieve (6) 15 Military officer (10) 16 Clear and brief (7) 17 Wear away (5) 18 Poem (3) 19 Female relative (4) 20 Unfancied competitor (8) 23 Protector, defender (8) 25 Deceptive display
in cards etc (5) 26 Leave stranded (6) 28 Ceremony (6) 29 Walk unsteadily (7) 32 Probable (6) 34 Japanese
paper-folding art (7) 36 Meddle (6) 38 Antenna (6) 40 Tiny amount (4) 41 Ardour (4) 42 Lack of certainty (5) 44 Leg bone (4) 46 Biting fly (4) 47 Trading centre (6) 49 Main meal (6) 50 Exceptional (7) 52 Upper thigh and
hip area (6) 53 Bird’s quill (7) 55 Ethnic (6) 59 Writer (6) 60 Milk supplier (5) 62 Act of accepting a
child as one’s own (8) 65 Unmarried man (8) 67 Plant part (4) 68 Fasten with string (3) 69 Side of a coin (5) 71 Non-professional (7) 73 Inspiring fear or awe (10) 74 Two-piece swimsuit (6) 75 Move to music (5) 76 Team sport (5) 77 Beach grain (4) 78 Upright posture (6)
DOWN
Animal that feeds on carrion (9) Space traveller (9) Illegal deed (5) Join together (5) Sightseeing round trip (4) 7 Display, show off (6) 8 Small insect (3) 9 Respectable (6) 10 Ventilator (3) 11 Construct (5) 12 State of crisis (9) 13 Sake, benefit (6) 18 Egg-shaped (4) 21 Study closely (7) 22 National banner (4) 24 Theatre work (5) 27 Compliance (9) 30 Aggregate (5) 31 Senior worker
in a business (9) 33 Existence (4) 34 Narcotic (5) 35 Break the continuity (9) 37 Wet earth (3) 39 Agile (5) 43 Light brown colour (3) 44 Binge (5) 45 Article (4) 48 Confine (7) 51 Tread heavily (5) 52 Panel on
a bedstead (9) 54 Pie (4) 56 Copy, impression (9) 57 Overwhelming
election victory (9) 58 Rim (4) 61 Illicit romance (6) 63 Genre of
shocking movies (6) 64 In the area, locally (6) 66 Series of links (5) 68 Claw (5) 69 Lifting device (5) 70 Red planet (4) 72 Day before (3) 73 Fruit with
a lot of seeds (3) 1 2 3 5 6