GIANT CROSSWORD

ACROSS

8 Founders of the

Eternal City (7,3,5)

11 Larvae used in sericulture (9)

15 Estimating future events (11)

16 Caribbean island (2,5)

17 Norse god of mischief (4)

18 1968 hit for Louis

Armstrong (4,1,9,5)

19 Famous cloned sheep (5)

21 Surname of Yentl star

Barbra (9)

22 Star of the sitcom Lead

Balloon (4,3)

28 Dumpy small freshwater

diving bird (6,5)

30 Plant related to the shamrock

and clover (7)

34 Gal ___, Wonder Woman

actress (5)

35 Brand-name biological

soap powder (5)

36 Draft document (5,5)

39 Star of Gone Girl (3,7)

40 Amazon brand intelligent

personal assistant (5)

41 America’s Lone Star State (5)

44 Scottish school exams (7)

45 Place where the ancient

Roman state council met (6,5)

49 Thérèse’s lover in Emile

Zola’s Thérèse Raquin (7)

50 Golden horses with white

manes and tails (9)

57 Lady and the ___, 1955

cartoon (5)

58 15th-century navigator (11,8)

60 Matinée ___, term for an

adored theatre star (4)

61 Book of the Old Testament (7)

62 Concentrated food supplies

for use in an emergency (4,7)

63 Motor-racing event (5,4)

64 Compulsory Mass

occasion (3,2,10)

DOWN

1 Back-scrubbers (7)

2 Able to think on your feet (5-6)

3 Purpose for existing (6,5)

4 Consultants (8)

5 Flexible investment company for

a small number of large investors (5,4)

6 High-pitched musical instrument (7)

7 Long-running Channel 4 soap (9)

9 Increase the value of (6)

10 Female character in DH Lawrence’s

Women in Love (6)

12 Thai river which featured in

an Alec Guinness film (4)

13 Ian ___, veteran actor (8)

14 Light boat with a single mast (5)

20 First name of Ms Quirke,

Birds of a Feather actress (7)

23 Exercise involving controlled movement (7)

24 Empire once ruled by the Turks (7)

25 German fruit loaf popular at Christmas (7)

26 Surname of Olympic rower Sir Steve (8) 27 19th-century originator of a famous thesaurus (5)

29 Area of water off the coast of Romania (5,3)

31 20th-century Spanish artist (7)

32 PM who resigned after the EU referendum (7)

33 ___ of You, 2005 hit for Kelly Clarkson (7)

37 Coats made of sheepskin (7)

38 Elisabeth Moss’ character in Mad Men (5)

42 Conjurers’ society (5,6)

43 Low-cut neckline (11)

46 Coastal region of eastern Canada (8)

47 Northern Eurasian finch with a white rump (9)

48 Rodenticide such as warfarin (3,6)

51 Anthem of the European Union and

Council of Europe (3,2,3)

52 Capital of Arizona (7)

53 ___ Lott, singer (5)

54 ___ Gibbons, Cold Comfort Farm author (6)

55 Bring from abroad (6)

56 Detective (7)

59 Beatles film (4)