£150 MEGA CROSSWORD
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Can you work out the link between the two celebrities pictured in the grid? Once you’ve solved the clues, the letters in the coloured squares will reveal that link, reading across from top-left to bottom-right.
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Severe headache (8) — Holland, former member of Squeeze (5) Surpass in a sphere of activity (8) Light motorcycle (7) Building designer (9) Desert (7)
— Gerrard, manager of Rangers FC (6) Scandinavian country (6)
Church passageway (5) American Ivy League university (4)
Small port and resort in Scotland (4)
Army shop (1,1,1,1,1) French love letter (6-4) John —, author of
The Forsyte Saga (10) Brothers and sisters (8) Group of spectators or listeners (8) Overhead (5)
Weakest pup in a litter (4)
Astrological system of signs (6)
Not innocent (6)
The —, London cricket ground (4)
Lewis Carroll’s
Wonderland girl (5) Monkey with red and blue hindquarters (8) — Nickleby,
Dickens novel (8) German dish of finely shredded and pickled cabbage (10)
The — —, Rudyard Kipling work (6,4) Delight (5)
Narrow trodden track (4)
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— Field, actress who played the mother in Mrs Doubtfire (5) Brawn (6)
Wreckage (6) Ostracise (7) Thistle-like plant cultivated for its large edible flower head (9) Complaint, niggle (7) —, Downstairs, 1970s TV drama starring Gordon Jackson as butler Hudson (8) Female relative (5) Traitor (8)
Vertical spar for supporting sails (4) Small band of players or singers (5) Professional entertainer (7)
Baby’s room (7) Diminutive form of the name John (4)
Chief Norse deity (4) Garden hut (4)
Kampala native? (7) Longest river in the Republic of Ireland (7) Wireless (5)
Garden water feature (4) Grotto (4)
Soup-like dish (4)
Young sheep (4) Metropolis (4)
Roman sun god (3)
Very noisy (4)
Bird’s bill (4)
Hill-building insect (3) — Blyton, writer of children’s books (4) Vicar’s neckwear (3,6) Resting in a crouching position (9)
Leave out (4)
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Rugby huddle (5)
West African country (5) Colourful parrot (5) — Becker, German tennis star turned commentator (5)
St —, one of the classics of the flatracing season (5)
New (5)
— Hollins, actor who plays Tom Cunningham in Hollyoaks (5)
Hairpiece (3)
Victory (3)
— Rabbit, fictional trickster (4)
Clarified butter (4)
Search for prey (4) Summer month (4)
Cries bitterly (4) Sub-machine gun (3) Olive —, Popeye’s girlfriend (3)
Lock openers (4) Aniseed-flavoured
Italian liqueur (7)
Louis —, French chemist known for his germ theory (7)
— Iglesias, Latin heart-throb (7)
Vatican chapel containing Michelangelo’s painted ceiling (7) George —, director of Star Wars (5)
Noel Gallagher’s brother (4)
Level (4)
Performer’s first public appearance (5)
South American country (4)
Daze (4)
Dull pain (4)
Bird of peace (4)
Pub drink (4)
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