CROSSWORD LET’S GET QUIZICAL!
ACROSS 3. Be of use (5) 9. Large prawns (6) 10. Split up (6) 11. Fencing swords (5) 12. At the summit (4) 15. Acclimatise (6) 17. Gruesome (7) 19. Teacher’s title (3) 20. Throw, informally (5) 22. Stout length of
sawn timber (5) 24. Scorch (5) 25. Weary (5) 27. Female person (3) 29. Recommence (7) 32. Keep in order (6) 34. Conceal (4) 35. Eye colour (5) 37. Names (6) 38. Italian city (6) 39. Poor (5)
DOWN 1. Muslim religion (5) 2. Confusion, informally (5) 3. Primate (3) 4. Snakes (6) 5. Notion (4) 6. Lends an ear (7) 7. Take away (5) 8. Discourage (5) 13. Huntsmans’ cry (5-2) 14. Emulsion, e.g. (5) 16. Pinchpenny (7) 18. Young eel (5) 21. Circumference (5) 23. Cooking room (7) 26. Protect (6) 27. Malice (5) 28. Chosen few (5) 30. Church gangway (5) 31. Taut (5) 33. Facility (4) 36. Produce eggs (3) 1. WHICH telly presenter grilled Health Secretary Matt Hancock on Good Morning Britain this week? a) Susanna Reid b) Ben Shephard c) Kate Garraway d) Piers Morgan 2. WHO said: “Best $40 I ever spent!” as they reflected on the success of wearing a white bikini on I’m a Celebrity? a) Vicky Pattison b) Nadine Coyle c) Myleene Klass d) Helen Flanagan 3. WHICH Manchester United footie legend revealed ex-teammate Phil Neville tried to persuade him to join Everton when he came out of retirement? a) Paul Scholes b) Roy Keane c) David Beckham d) Eric Cantona 4. FORMER medical tsar Dame Sally Davies blamed what for Britain’s 50,000 COVID death toll? a) Smoking b) Obesity c) Poverty d) Old age 5. FORMULA 1 star Lewis Hamilton has become a seven-time world champ. Whose previous record has he equalled? a) Alain Prost b) Nigel Mansell c) Ayrton Senna d) Michael Schumacher 6. WHICH airline said on Monday it had slumped to its first ever annual loss, thanks to thepandemic? a) British Airways b) EasyJet c) RyanAir d) Iberia 7. THE hurricane that has battered Nicaragua and other central American countries with 160mph winds has been named what? a) Iris b) India c) Iota d) Idriss 8. I’M a Celebrity’s new campmates appeared to be joined by a ghost during their first night at which Welsh castle? a) Harlech Castle b) Conwy Castle c) Caernarfon Castle d) Gwrych Castle 9. SINCE the SpaceX Dragon capsule docked succesfully, how many astronauts are there now in the International Space Station? a) Six b) Seven c) Eight d) Nine 10. WHAT has Prime Minister Boris Johnson reportedly called “a disaster”? a) Track and Trace b) Keir Starmer c) Scottish Devolution d) Fiancée Carrie Symonds cooking