Crossword: Win £550
WIN 1 X £200, 2 X £100 OR 3 X £50 PRIZES
STRAIGHT CLUES ACROSS
1 Physical jerks (8) 5 Perfect examples (6) 10 Genre of dance music (5) 11 Moored next to another boat (9) 12 Daily or weekly media item (9) 13 Boat race crew number (5) 14 Back, stern or aft (4) 15 Transparent (5) 18 Occasion (5) 20 Anger (4) 22 Having the same weight, e.g. (5) 24 Issue a dare (9) 26 Formal group of musicians (9) 27 A go-between (5) 28 Bed linen items (6) 29 Drove backwards (8) DOWN 1 Finishing (6) 2 Neither here nor there (9) 3 Hatchet, axe (7) 4 Having a cutting edge (5) 6 Units of temperature (7) 7 Copying (5) 8 Protects, harbours (8) 9 Decant (4) 16 Skilled mechanics (9) 17 Open-handed, benevolent (8) 19 Of greatest height (7) 20 Discharge from prison (7) 21 Relaxed (6) 23 Father’s brother (5) 24 Felines (4) 25 Knowing (5)
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Drill usage (8) 5 Ladies about to provide models of perfection (6) 10 Social function in Gateshead is coming up! (5) 11 Wrongly aligned so as to be next to something (9) 12 Renew apps, possibly, as a source of information (9) 13 The GI struggling to get a certain quantity (5) 14 Bring up the back! (4) 15 Vertical and pure (5) 18 Something that took place in the seventies (5) 20 Changing gear in temper? (4) 22 With the same value as some of the qualifications (5) 24 Dare to take exception to something (9) 26 Carthorse performing with a musical group (9) 27 One toff is a middleman (5) 28 He’s set out some pages (6) 29 Went back to being strangely reserved (8) DOWN 1 Finishing, as do dog, pig and frog, e.g. (6) 2 Heels were broken in another place (9) 3 Tool capable of damaging a helicopter? (7) 4 Keen to see parts of this harpsichord arrangement (5) 6 Measures of heat with certain qualifications (7) 7 Copying a sound of a pager? (5) 8 Protects things, but lets hers off, somehow (8) 9 Gently release wine, e.g., or chuck it down! (4) 16 Sappers with masterminds (9) 17 Handsome and large liberal… (8) 19 …of the greatest height. That’s hardest to believe! (7) 20 It’s let go for free (7) 21 Took a break in another desert (6) 23 Family member featured in the Sun, clear for all to see (5) 24 Old musical animals (4) 25 Conscious of severe hostilities in A&E (5)
Both these sets of clues lead to the same answers, revealing in the shaded squares a new film starring Hugh Jackman (5)