Classic Challenge

HOW YOU CAN WIN

We dare you to take the Classic Challenge and try to solve this crossword. When you have finished, the letters in the lilac squares, reading from left to right and top to bottom, will reveal a word. Write this word only on the entry coupon.

ACROSS

1 Malcolm ---, former Aussie PM (6)

5 Fizzy water (4)

9 --- Berry, actress (5) 10 Home of the hobbits (5)

11 Delete (6)

13 Car gear (4)

15 In --- of, instead (4) 16 Agent (14)

20 Bird of peace (4) 22 Snobbish (6)

24 Cut of steak (1-4) 25 Holy Islamic city (5) 27 Strengthen (9) 28 Fencing foils (5) 30 Vestige (5)

31 Next to (6)

33 1.6 kilometres (4) 35 Spicy Mexican dish (6,3,5)

39 Seasoning (4) 41 Dispatch (4)

42 Greatly fears (6) 45 Red-haired orphan (5)

46 Gaggle members (5) 47 Duration (4) 48 Ferocious (6)

DOWN

1 Animal pelt (3) 2 Intention (3)

3 Ostrich-like birds (5) 4 Circus performer (5) 5 Cuttlefish pigment (5) 6 Query (3)

7 Polynesian idol (4) 8 Restore to youthful vigour, make young again (10) 12 Always (4)

14 Drizzly (5)

15 Shelf, sill (5) 17 Burning coals (6) 18 Bathroom attached to a bedroom (7)

19 As well, also (3)

21 Bishop of Rome (4) 23 Underwater missile (7) 24 Temperature regulator (10) 25 Measurement system (6) 26 Talon (4)

29 Vote into office (5)

31 Light brown (5)

32 --- Could Turn Back

Time, Cher song (2,1) 34 --- Blyton, author (4) 36 Alpine cabin (5) 37 Applaud (5) 38 Nodules, knobs (5) 40 Advance money (4) 41 Movie backdrop (3) 43 --- Gardner, Hollywood actress (3)

44 Witness (3)