Prize puzzles and fun quizzes
Solve the crossword to find, reading from top to bottom in the shaded squares, the name of a pop singer. This is your competition entry answer. See the ‘How to enter’ panel, below right.
Across
1 Elasticated leg band (6) 4 2008 X Factor winner and 2017 Strictly finalist, - - - Burke (9) 8 BBC series with Jay Blades, The - - - Shop (6) 11 Regular, unvarying way of doing things (7) 12 Johnny Depp’s Pirates Of The Caribbean role, Captain Jack - - - (7) 13 Space traveller (9) 15 Root vegetable (5) 16 Biopic starring Taron Egerton, Eddie The - - - (5) 18 Sharon - - -, Catastrophe co-writer and star pictured below (6) 19 Boundary formed by bushes (5) 21 Fight Club actor, - - - Norton (6) 23 Small falcon (7) 24 Robin Williams film about a radio DJ, Good Morning, - - - (7) 27 Dairy product (5) 28 The Big Bang Theory character played by Kaley Cuoco (5) 31 Motoring event to get better? (5) 32 Brief period of calm (4) 34 Armoured vehicle (4) 36 Mean, median (7) 37 Prequel to Inspector Morse, starring Shaun Evans (9) 38 Baton-passing speed contest (5,4) 39 Mythical half-man, half-horse (7) 40 Secure with rope (4) 42 Times long past, days of - - - (4) 44 Stadium (5) 46 Church instrument (5) 49 Book of maps (5) 50 Comedian who plays Charles in The Windsors, Harry - - - (7) 51 Instance, specimen (7) 54 Film with Dame Judi Dench, The Best - - Marigold Hotel (6) 56 Covered chair carried on poles (5) 57 Comfort, consolation (6) 59 Soup-serving spoon (5) 61 Flower of remembrance (5) 62 Singer who is the subject of the film Rocketman (5,4) 63 One-piece garment worn by a dancer or gymnast (7) 64 Go ahead with loan? (7) 65 The Seven Year Itch actress, Marilyn - - - (6) 66 Guard at the Tower of London (9) 67 Carefully check part of TV set? (6)
Down
1 - - - Malone, TV choirmaster (6) 2 Reddish stalks eaten as fruit (7) 3 Fame (6) 5 Daytime show, - - - Women (5) 6 Concertina (9) 7 - - - Traders, consumer affairs programme (5) 8 Small wave on the surface of a liquid (6) 9 Reaching of a destination (7) 10 Money for finding lost property (6) 13 Common British butterfly, red - - - (7) 14 Lustrous silk fabric (7) 15 Massachusetts city notorious for its witch trials (5) 17 - - - Wright, director of Shaun Of The Dead and Baby Driver (5) 19 Assistance (4) 20 Jealousy (4) 22 Person made to bear blame (9) 23 - - - Ryan, Canadian comedian and actress pictured right (9) 25 Drum - - -, girl leading a marching band (9) 26 Teeth-cleaning professional (9) 29 - - - Tomlinson, Demelza in Poldark (7) 30 - - - Falls, feature on the Us-canada border (7) 32 Film sequel with Jack Black, Jumanji: The Next - - - (5) 33 Deciduous conifer (5) 34 - - - Jones, Monty Python member (5) 35 Playing card jack (5) 41 Spire (7) 43 Speech (7) 45 Blacksmith’s block (5) 46 Probability (4) 47 1995 James Bond film starring Pierce Brosnan (9) 48 Gas used in signs (4) 49 Metal mixture such as bronze (5) 52 Device sounded as a warning to ships (7) 53 Decorative material hanging over a bed (7) 54 Badge, symbol (6) 55 - - - Fisher, actress who played Princess Leia in the Star Wars films (6) 57 Playing card suit (6) 58 Sue Cleaver’s Corrie Street character, - - - Grimshaw (6) 60 Select social group (5) 61 Period, stage (5)