£1000 Big Name Crossword
Solve the clues and the shaded squares will spell out words linking RUSSELL CROWE and JEREMY CLARKSON, then call or text the numbers below with your prize words for a chance to win £1000.
ACROSS
1 Within easy reach (2,4) 4 American singer,
— Ditto (4) 7 Morse TV series spin-off (5) 10 In a state of confusion (2,3) 14 Idiot (6) 15 Bird type (10) 16 Confused (7)
17 Wear away (5) 18 Cigarette deposit (3)
19 Merely (4) 20 Mexican hat (8) 23 Limit (8) 25 Jim Morrison’s group,
The — (5) 26 Not capable (6) 28 Require, involve (6) 29 Issue (7) 32 C.S. Lewis’s fantasy land (6) 34 Writhe (7) 36 Considered unlucky (6) 38 Port and resort in Italy (6) 40 Nickname for Lincoln City
FC (4) 41 At what time? (4) 42 India’s first PM (5) 44 Make thoroughly wet (4) 46 Blue-green colour (4) 47 Made in imitation (6) 49 Chilean writer, — Allende (6) 50 Arched line of hair (7) 52 Russian lake (6) 53 Cheyenne’s state (7) 55 Subsided (6) 59 Foot protector (6) 60 Marriage (5) 62 Spanish dance (8) 65 Loosen stiff muscles (6,2) 67 Destroy (4) 68 Chest bone (3) 69 Russian holiday villa (5)
71 Type of choral piece (7) 73 Irrelevant diversion (3,7) 74 Capital of Comoros (6) 75 Three-foot measures (5) 76 North African country (5) 77 Current events (4) 78 Parisian palace (6)
DOWN
1 Nashville’s location (9) 2 Eager to begin (3,2,4)
3 Foolishly simple (5) 5 Cain’s son (5) 6 Conceal (4)
7 Probable (6) 8 Battle (3)
9 Italian man (6) 10 Scottish town (3)
11 Balm (5) 12 Constellation (9)
13 Fabric type (6) 18 Did really well (4)
21 Asian language (7) 22 Watercraft (4) 24 Cake topping (5) 27 Pleasure seeker (3,6) 30 Type of mustard (5)
31 Rash, quick (9) 33 Film director, — Rogen (4) 34 Complain (5) 35 Expressionless (9) 37 Grandma (3) 39 Relative by marriage (2-3) 43 Computer port (1,1,1) 44 Beauty parlour (5) 45 Afresh (4) 48 Fruit bun (7)
51 Receded (5) 52 Slogan used to rally
supporters (6,3) 54 Heathland (4) 56 Jack Black’s band, — D (9) 57 Write a short letter (4,1,4) 58 Clothing (4)
61 Port on the Loire (6) 63 Change in form (6) 64 Authority (6) 66 Lesser (5) 68 Modernise (5) 69 Quaintly amusing (5) 70 Algerian port (4) 72 Commercials (abbr.) (3) 73 Late US singer, — Orbison (3)