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What is the connection between Hollywood actress Demi Moore and singer Marie Osmond? Complete the crossword in the usual way and the shaded squares will spell out the hidden link, reading across and down the grid.

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1 Actress who stars as Carrie Mathison in hit show Homeland (6, 5)

8 Late Magnificen­t Seven star who won an Oscar for his role in the 1997 film Affliction (5, 6) 14 Person below the age of legal majority (5)

15 Sympathy (4)

16 Ringed planet (6) 17 Selected by chance (6) 18 Fragrant body powder (4) 19 Singer of the rock band Police who was born Gordon Sumner in 1951 (5)

20 Overstated (11)

22 Retired US tennis profession­al who won fourteen Grand Slam men’s singles titles (4, 7)

25 Fall, going down (7) 27 Renovate (7)

30 Synthetic silk (5)

31 Secret ciphers (5)

33 Coal bucket (7)

36 Lack of movement (7) 38 Inexpensiv­e (5)

40 Spike of frozen water (6) 41 Male deer (4)

43 Prison room (4) 44 Marzipan flavouring (6) 45 Chisel-edged tooth (7)

46 Sir Terry - - -, veteran radio DJ who provided sardonic televised commentary of the Eurovision Song Contest from 1980 to 2008 (5)

47 Farfalle, eg (5)

48 Minimal amount (5)

52 Greek holiday island (5) 53 Likable, friendly (7) 54 Breathe in (6) 55 Incinerate (4)

57 Lean, skinny (4) 59 Sketching implement (6)

60 - - - Oyl, Popeye’s girlfriend (5) 61 Fleeting moment (7) 63 Deep red (7) 65 Indelible mark (5)

67 Telltale (5)

69 Of the stars (7)

71 Scottish city (7)

74 Stamp collector (11) 77 Psychic (11)

80 Brag (5)

81 Wooden shoe (4)

82 Irks, pesters (6)

84 Postal package (6)

86 Leer (4)

87 Heavenly being (5) 88 Nature, character (11) 89 American singer-songwriter who was the lead singer with rock group Blondie (6, 5)

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1 Conductive metal (6)

2 Love - - -, 2003 film starring Colin Firth, Hugh Grant and Emma Thompson (8)

3 Occur next (5)

4 Skill (3)

5 Spooky (5)

6 Remote (7)

7 Hint, suggestion (7)

9 No longer asleep (5)

10 Finish (3) 11 Punctuatio­n mark (5)

12 Not scared (8)

13 Most pleasant (6) 21 Business representa­tive (5) 23 Blunder (5)

24 Diabetes treatment drug (7)

26 - - - Black, Liverpudli­an presenter most famous for hosting Blind Date (5)

28 Touch of colour (5) 29 Fan-shaped shellfish (7)

30 Late comic actor who starred in the films Mrs Doubtfire and Night at the Museum (5, 8)

32 The Blind Side star who recently won a second Best Actress Oscar for her role in the film Gravity (6, 7) 34 Dense (5)

35 Untrue (5)

37 Written account of a person’s life (9)

39 Build (9)

42 - - - Anderson, actress whose credits include The X Files and The Fall (7)

43 Alastair Cook’s sport (7) 49 Having a conversati­on (7)

50 - - - Mitchell, EastEnders character played by Perry Fenwick (5) 51 Overhead (5) 52 Wash, purify (7)

56 Of the kidneys (5) 58 Leases (5)

62 Sum’s solution (5)

64 Type of large white radish (5) 66 Business accountant­s (8) 68 Imperil (8)

70 Spring back, as from a sudden impact (7)

71 Gleam (7)

72 Flavoured with cumin or cinnamon, eg (6) 73 Cold, hard and unyielding (6) 75 Snares (5)

76 Turn down an offer, refuse (3, 2) 78 Depart (5)

79 Worth (5)

83 - - - King Cole, legendary US jazz pianist and big bandbarito­ne (3) 85 Male swan (3)

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