PRIZE crossword
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 AC/DC rock anthem,
- - - To Hell (7) 4 Irregular triangle (7) 8 Movie with Gwyneth Paltrow and John Hannah, - - - Doors (7) 12 Green banana cooked in savoury dishes (8) 14 Memory refresher (8) 17 Squirrel’s nest (4) 18 Skin astringent (5) 19 End of a magnet (4) 20 Bloodsucking African fly (6) 21 Seductive appeal (6) 23 Justin Timberlake and Bruce Willis film,
- - - Dog (5) 25 Singer who was a member of One Direction, - - - Horan (5) 26 Lager and cider drink requiring an antidote? (9) 27 High-gloss type of leather (6) 29 Sesame seed paste (6) 32 Firefighter’s water source (7)
35 Song from Evita,
Don’t Cry For Me - - - (9) 37 Great ape of Borneo and Sumatra (5-4) 39 Top playing card (3)
41 - - - Driver, Robert
De Niro movie (4) 42 Methodist church building (6)
43 Joel Nutkins in Trigger
Point, - - - Lester (6) 44 Persian ruler (4) 45 Flightless bird (3) 47 Relaxing instrumental number by Fleetwood Mac (9)
50 Food, nourishment (9) 53 David - - -, Staged star, pictured left (7) 56 Radio code word for the letter S (6)
58 In police custody, under - - - (6) 60 Control, limitation (9) 62 Planet’s path (5)
63 - - - Thunberg, Swedish environmental activist (5) 64 Waitress played by Vicki Michelle in
’Allo’allo! (6) 66 Horse’s head harness (6) 68 - - - Halfpenny, Dark
Money actress (4) 70 Mulholland Drive actress, - - - Watts (5) 72 Goldie - - -, US film star, pictured right (4) 73 Cursive writing (8) 74 Kitchen measure (8) 75 Deadlock (7) 76 Bow-and-arrow sport (7) 77 Launching ramp for a boat (7)
Down
1 Accessory called a purse in the US (7) 2 Justin Bieber single featuring Chance the Rapper (4) 3 First name of TV’S Mrs Brown (5) 5 100th anniversary (9) 6 Disney animation,
The - - - King (4) 7 Voiceover (9) 9 Cruise ship (5) 10 Profound (4) 11 Graceful antelope (7) 12 Cartoon character who loves muddy puddles (5,3) 13 Sculptor, eg (6) 15 Wooden hammer (6) 16 Supporter of the monarchy (8) 20 Scottish plaid (6) 22 Conclusion (6) 24 Decimal system of measurement (6) 28 Person next door (9) 30 White stone used for statues and ornaments (9)
31 Eric - - -, potty-mouthed
South Park kid (7) 32 Stringed instrument player (7)
33 Flood (7)
34 Aaron - - -, Emmerdale’s
Ellis Chapman (7)
36 - - - Durance, actress in Smallville and
Supergirl (5) 38 Disturb (5) 39 Beer (3)
40 French water? (3) 46 Words repeated when meditating (6) 48 Sport played on a diamond (8) 49 Peace agreement (6) 51 Historical period of sustained cold (3,3) 52 (Of film) satisfactorily shot and edited (2,3,3) 54 Cockney (4,5) 55 Exciting show (9) 57 Singer who was known as the Queen of Soul, - - - Franklin (6) 58 King of the Huns (6) 59 Jon - - -, US rocker and occasional actor (3,4)
61 Midsomer Murders sleuth, John - - - (7) 65 Nevada gambling city, Las - - - (5) 67 Folded part of a jacket collar (5) 69 Showgirl in Copacabana (4) 71 Pledge (4) 72 Hula ring (4)