GIANT CROSSWORD

ACROSS

8 TV quiz show of the

50s and 60s hosted by

Hughie Green (6,4,5)

11 German sausage variety (9)

15 Area for regimental business

in a barracks (7,4)

16 Surname of Robert,

Begbie in Trainspotting (7)

17 Chinese dynasty that

preceded the Ming (4)

18 Designers of manufacturing

processes (10,9)

19 Mack the ___, song (5)

21 David ___, Mary Poppins

actor (9)

22 Pop act that has represented

Ireland twice at the

Eurovision Song Contest (7)

28 Birthplace of Sir Isaac

Newton (11)

30 American university at

Cambridge, Massachusetts (7)

34 Nickname of Barack Obama’s

younger daughter (5)

35 Chemically unreactive (5)

36 Former Doctor Who actor (5,5)

39 Leguminous item, found in

chilli con carne (6,4)

40 Surname of Kes director

Ken (5)

41 Forename linking Davis and

Midler (5)

44 1958 Alfred Hitchcock film (7)

45 Form of adjective or

adverb (11)

49 One of Charlemagne’s twelve

peers (7)

50 Star of The Mask (3,6)

57 My Fair Lady heroine (5)

58 Yul Brynner classic

western (3,11,5)

60 Crater formed by a single

explosion (4)

61 ___ Monroe, Some Like It Hot

star (7)

62 Supporter of laissez-faire political philosophy (11)

63 Fuel-carrying vessel (3,6)

64 Smoky Chinese tea (7,8)

DOWN

1 Desktop card-filing system (7)

2 Resort north-west of Truro (11)

3 Northern Irish professional golfer (4,7)

4 New York borough and bridge (8)

5 Eucharist (9)

6 Firm Swiss cheese (7)

7 Villette character (4,5)

9 Founder of a major Asian religion (6)

10 Ancient Greek mathematician (6)

12 NE England river (4)

13 Midlands town (8)

14 Oxford college founded in 1326 (5)

20 Sermon (7)

23 Horn of Africa country (7)

24 Icelandic parliament which has been in existence for over a thousand years (7)

25 Prime Minister of Australia 1972 to 1975 (7)

26 Tiny island off Sark (8) 27 Men Behaving ___, old TV sitcom (5)

29 Dressing gown (8)

31 US hotel page (7)

32 Sea of the Arctic Ocean (7)

33 Old Portuguese coin (7)

37 First name of Distin, French former professional footballer who played

five seasons for Manchester City (7)

38 ___ Xmas Everybody, Slade song (5)

42 WWII award to Malta (6,5)

43 French winner of the 1957 Nobel Prize for Literature (6,5)

46 Capital of Sardinia (8)

47 Most easterly of the Canary Islands (9)

48 Expenses of the monarch’s household (5,4)

51 Surname of Bernard, singer of the novelty record Right Said Fred (8)

52 Dog breed of Chinese origin (4,3)

53 Diminutive (5)

54 Country bordering Tanzania and Kenya (6)

55 Of Hebrew origin (6)

56 Neil ___, one half of the Pet Shop Boys (7)

59 Surname of British artist Tracey (4)