THE BIG HITTER!

BIG QUESTION: At Eurovision in May last year, 1A performed which of her biggest hits to mark the 30th anniversary of its release? (4,1,6)

Solve the crossword in the usual way. When completed correctly, the pink squares, reading top to bottom, left to right, will reveal the answer to the Big Hitter Big Question. Check the solution, bottom right.

ACROSS

1 Our pictured star who recently completed her, Madame X tour (7) 7 Medical building (8) 11 To and ___, backwards and forwards (3)

12 ___ Ritchie, film director and ex-husband of 1A (3) 13 ___ Another Day, Bond theme recorded by 1A for the film of the same name (5) 14 ‘Strike a pose’ hit for 1A (5)

16 See if a garment fits (3,2)

17 Indian instrument (5)

18 Court hearing (5) 19 Wandering tribesman (5)

21 Golf peg (3) 22 Zodiac sign for October and November (7)

24 Pins and ___, tingling sensation (7) 26 Arranged, set up (9) 27 Like A ___, first top five hit for 1A in the UK (6) 29 Patterned like a leopard, eg (7) 32 Nunnery (7)

35 Take the dimensions (7)

DOWN

1 Lunacy, craziness (7) 2 Counts calories to lose weight, eg (5) 3 Continuous, without a break (3-4)

4 Period following morning (9)

5 Opposite of top (6) 6 Hideous-looking (4) 7 Put into a trance (9) 8 Sign that you need a haircut! (5,4)

37 Act such as turning water into wine, eg? (7) 39 Misery, unhappiness (7) 40 Laughed – like a witch (7)

42 Filled with too many people (7)

45 1A’s eldest child (7)

49 Beast (6)

50 Beyond valuation (of an antique, eg) (9) 51 Colourful plant of the iris family (7) 53 Tube used for injecting medication (7) 56 Obtain (3) 57 Henpeck (5)

59 Clear your throat (5) 60 Sweetener (5) 62 Japanese sash (5) 64 Film musical for which 1A won critical acclaim for her performance as

Eva Perón (5)

65 Ray Of ___, hit for 1A taken from the album of the same name (5)

66 Suffer an illness (3) 67 Removals vehicle (3)

68 ___ Girl, hit for 1A back in 1985 (8) 69 Danced energetically (7)

9 Bill for work done (7) 10 Heavenly hit for 1A (5) 15 Prepares for publication (5)

20 Papa ___ Preach, No.1 hit for 1A in 1986 (4) 23 Pungent bulb (5) 25 Leafy salad vegetable (7)

28 Charged particle (3) 30 American ___, Don McLean record covered by 1A (3)

31 ___ You Up, 1984 hit for 1A (7) 32 Stand-up comedian (5)

33 Be extremely good at something (5)

34 Tyre grip (5)

35 No. 1 for our pictured star in 2000, which featured Ali G as the singer’s chauffeur in the video (5)

36 Of or relating to sound (5)

38 Solitary person who tries to avoid people (7) 41 Day before (3) 43 Sprint (3)

44 Sewer (5)

46 Pasta you’d eat with Bolognese sauce (9) 47 Not based in fact at all (9)

48 ___ Penn, actor and ex-husband of 1A (4) 49 Grading, weighing up (9)

51 Not true (5) 52 Chipolata, eg (7) 54 At frequent intervals (7)

55 Voted into power (7) 58 Into The ___, first UK No.1 for 1A from the 1985 film Desperately Seeking Susan in which she also starred (6) 59 Beijing’s country (5)

61 Correct (5)

63 La ___ Bonita, hit for 1A (4)