PRIZE crossword
Solve the crossword to find, reading from top to bottom in the shaded squares, the name of a comedian. This is your competition entry answer. See the ‘How to enter’ panel, below right.
Across
1 Competition – between siblings, eg (7) 4 Himalayan peak (7) 8 Frankness, openness (7) 12 News report (8) 14 Spring-flowering tree (8) 17 Long-lasting hairdo (4) 18 Tedium, boredom (5) 19 Counterfoil of a cheque (4) 20 Variety of black grape (6) 21 2018 single by David Guetta and Sia (6) 23 Traditional Sunday meal (5) 25 Property auction show, - - - Under The Hammer (5) 26 Rate of occurrence, or radio tuning number (9) 27 Lion or tiger, eg (3,3) 29 Playing card suit (6) 32 Leaves of the bay tree, on which one shouldn’t rest? (7) 35 Small independent republic in Italy (3,6) 37 Grooming lacquer, and a musical comedy film with John Travolta (9) 39 Earl Grey, eg (3) 41 Comic actress, Miranda - - - (4) 42 Garden summerhouse (6) 43 Fantasy world created by C S Lewis (6) 44 Edward - - -, 19th-century nonsense poet (4) 45 Pastry flattener, rolling - - - (3) 47 Electrical discharge in the sky (9) 50 Morning break for refreshments (9) 53 Ambassador’s home (7) 56 Stoat’s white winter coat (6) 58 Child’s drinking cup (6) 60 Plant fibre constituent used to make rayon (9) 62 Riverbank mammal (5) 63 Power (5) 64 Acid-neutralising substance (6) 66 Daniel Craig 007 film, - - - Royale (6) 68 Blast of wind (4) 70 Nut-bearing tree (5) 72 Small biting insect (4) 73 Daphne du Maurier story that inspired a Hitchcock film (3,5) 74 Scott - - -, Suicide Squad actor and son of Clint, pictured left (8) 75 Austere ancient Greek? (7) 76 Explanatory comparison (7) 77 Liqueur made with blackthorn fruit (4,3)
Down
1 Understanding, empathy (7) 2 Variety of lily (4) 3 Fashion designer, - - - Lauren (5) 5 Caracas’s country (9) 6 Destroy (4) 7 Penultimate game (4-5) 9 Dwelling (5) 10 Speaker’s platform (4) 11 Refuse, waste (7) 12 Loaf container (5,3) 13 Economy, frugality (6) 15 - - - Knight, Licence To Kill singer (6) 16 Perfume sprayer (8) 20 Mark of disgrace (6) 22 Erotic drama, Fifty - - - Of Grey (6) 24 Owen Wilson film, You, Me And - - - (6) 28 Liveliness, or a cartoon (9) 30 Special advantage of an elite (9) 31 Road material (7) 32 Pastille (7) 33 - - - Ballas, Strictly Come Dancing judge, pictured right (7) 34 Coniferous tree (7) 36 Exactly resemble (5) 38 Electricity cable support (5) 39 - - - Gear, motoring show with Freddie Flintoff (3) 40 - - - Widdecombe, former MP and briefly an MEP (3) 46 Son of Daedalus in Greek myth (6) 48 Best ever (8) 49 2010 film with Gemma Arterton, - - - Drewe (6) 51 Arctic native (6) 52 Inferior cut of mutton or veal (5-3) 54 Director, producer and star of Braveheart (3,6) 55 Picnic snack (6,3) 57 Finger-shaped pastry cake (6) 58 Eddie Redmayne film, Fantastic - - - And Where To Find Them (6) 59 Swimmer’s eyewear (7) 61 Radio or television channel (7) 65 Zodiac scales (5) 67 Stair post (5) 69 Chris Hemsworth’s role in the Avengers movies (4) 71 Nobleman (4) 72 - - - Girl, 2014 thriller with Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike (4)