Books & Puzzles
What did both British actress Julie walters and US pop legend Tina Turner do before turning to showbusiness? Solve the crossword, then read down the shaded squares.
ACROSS
1 Spinning fairground ride (7) 5 avid reader (8) 9 greek god of love (4) 13 Latin american ballroom dance (5) 14 Baby cats (7) 15 Travel and investigate unknown lands (7) 16 Stand for an artist’s canvas (5) 17 Perhaps (5) 18 name of eight kings of england (6) 20 Barcelona’s country (5) 21 Swooned (7) 23 knock senseless (4) 26 Plant stalk (4) 27 Hunted for food (7) 30 Solemn vow (7) 34 make a list (7) 36 Went in search of (6) 37 Top part of a shoe (5) 39 Place for raising young and
delicate plants (10) 40 eye glasses (10) 42 Dark time (5) 43 Folks (6) 44 Thrilled and exhilarated (7) 46 newly enlisted member (7) 47 List of acknowledgements
after a film (7) 48 Horse-breeding stables (4) 53 Teenage spots (4) 54 Hungarian stew (7) 55 members of the House
of Lords (5) 58 Japanese robe (6) 60 Thick dark beer (5) 62 childish prank (5) 66 newspaper piece (7) 67 commanded (7) 68 Loop in a rope (5) 69 mend woollen socks (4) 70 Sets aside for a specific purpose (8) 71 Details written on an envelope (7)
Down
1 one who gives evidence in court (7) 2 Painting of the countryside (9) 3 Photographer’s telescopic item (4,4) 4 gardener’s tool with teeth (4) 5 gnaw, nibble (4) 6 classical music drama (5) 7 Part of a roast chicken used in a luck-giving exercise (8) 8 Scottish dance (4) 10 Wine from 20 across (5) 11 Driving too fast (8) 12 Tool for digging (5) 19 Striped animals (5) 22 Tree-lined street (6) 24 expert aviator who flies new planes (4,5) 25 emergency vehicle (9) 26 gulping down (8) 28 northwest us state, capital Salem (6) 29 Lent a hand (8) 31 autograph (9) 32 Flock tender (8) 33 Took the chair in a meeting (8) 35 Tree that doesn’t shed leaves (9) 38 Local mode of speech (6) 41 extras parts for emergencies or breakdowns (6) 45 clump of earth hacked out by a golfer (5) 49 Target for those playing pontoon (6-3) 50 Tennis stroke (8) 51 Train station waiting
place (8) 52 Damaged an ankle (8) 56 confidences (7) 57 Quick bite to eat (5) 59 engine (5) 61 Beneath (5) 63 greek cheese (4) 64 coloured part of eye (4) 65 Brainwave (4)