Prize puzzles and fun quizzes
Solve the crossword to find, reading from top to bottom in the shaded squares, the name of an actress. This is your competition entry answer. See the ‘How to enter’ panel, below right.
Across
1 Pound with the fists, strike repeatedly (6) 4 Sweet cocoa bean product that might be white, milk or dark (9)
8 - - - Osbourne, talk show host and wife of Ozzy (6) 11 Infantile (7) 12 Situation causing outrage and embarrassment (7) 13 Ash - - -, the first day of Lent (9) 15 Commenced (5)
16 Arnold - - -, 1967 song by Pink Floyd (5) 18 Small red stone fruit in a Black Forest gateau (6)
19 Frequently (5)
21 007 movie actor, Timothy - - - (6) 23 Apathy, lack of inclination to move (7) 24 2000 mystery thriller starring Guy Pearce as a man with short-term memory loss (7) 27 Tracking dog (5)
28 Pounce (5) 31 Searches (for) (5) 32 Amount of money borrowed and owed (4) 34 Slip and slide (4) 36 Final film in the Avengers series (7) 37 Rio - - -, ex-professional footballer turned TV pundit (9) 38 Displayed an article in a museum (9)
39 Mocked (7)
40 Covet (4)
42 Yellow central part
of an egg (4)
44 Orchestral string
instrument (5)
46 Within the immediate
vicinity (5)
49 Rot (5)
50 Letter in the Bible (7)
51 Person employed to examine business accounts (7) 54 Nonchalant (6) 56 Correct (5)
57 Beast (6) 59 Being - - -, supernatural comedy series starring Aidan Turner as a vampire living in Bristol (5) 61 Goddess of flowers and plants (5)
62 In name only (9)
63 Depict (7)
64 Staff cafeteria (7)
65 Braying farm animal,
like Eeyore? (6)
66 University - - -, long-running trivia quiz show hosted by Jeremy Paxman (9) 67 Disinclined (6)
Down
1 Available to people in general (6) 2 Mafia member? (7)
3 - - - Joseph, Birds Of A Feather actress (6)
5 Refuge (5)
6 Protestation (9)
7 Full amount (5)
8 Moment in time (6)
9 Give off, emit (7)
10 Horatio - - -, naval hero who was fatally wounded at the Battle of Trafalgar (6) 13 Laundry bowl (7) 14 Face veil worn by some Muslim women (7)
15 Jo - - -, comedian and TV presenter (5)
17 Planet of the solar system (5) 19 Elliptical (4) 20 Moniker (4) 22 Garden songbird (9) 23 Too faint or confused to be heard (9) 25 Tailor (9)
26 Alias often used professionally (9) 29 Endure, submit oneself to (7) 30 Parent’s mother (7) 32 Just - - -, Lady Gaga’s debut single which reached no 1 in the UK singles chart (5) 33 Toy bear (5) 34 Shabby and disreputable (5) 35 Imbibe (5)
41 Soldier experienced in conflict (7) 43 Well-behaved, peaceful (7) 45 American chat show host, - - - Winfrey, pictured left (5)
46 Ogling gaze (4)
47 Friendly, sociable (9)
48 The - - - Letter From Your Lover, 2021 film adaptation of a Jojo Moyes novel (4)
49 1970s “Queen of Disco”, - - - Summer (5) 52 Commonly used analgesic (7) 53 Layman (7) 54 Complained, found fault with (6) 55 Madness (6) 57 - - - Grande, Thank U, Next singer, pictured below (6)
58 Sitting room (6)
60 Cardinal point of the compass (5) 61 Throw forcefully (5)