THE BIGGIE
Phwoar – it’s a whopper! Enjoy your puzzling
W hat does actress Patsy Kensit say that she can’t resist throwing in the trolley when she’s shopping in the supermarket? To find out, solve the crossword then read down the shaded squares to find the four-word prize answer. ACROSS 11 Ingredient you need to make a meringue (3, 5) 12 Pick of the bunch (5) 13 Mental pictures (6) 14 Woman (4) 15 Authentic, not fake (7) 16 Set free (8) 17 Portable sunshade (7) 18 Rouge for the face (7) 19 Sort, kind (4) 21 Hairdresser’s shop (5) 23 Ale factory (7) 24 Instalment of a serial (7) 28 Grub (4) 29 Deep hole (3) 30 Scheme or plan (6) 33 Picture or strip joke (7) 35 Viral disease, could be bird or swine (3) 36 Romantic night out (4) 38 Unearth (4) 39 Tree prone to get Dutch disease (3) 40 Stuck to (7) 42 Hotel bag carrier (6) 43 City where the 2016 Olympics were held (3) 44 Freshwater fish (4) 48 Watch (7) 50 Bedcover (7) 51 Oyster’s stone (5) 54 Mark of an old wound (4) 56 In need of a drink (7) 57 Get faster (5, 2) 60 Casual, lacking ceremony (8) 61 Filled pasta cases (7) 63 Noble title (4) 64 Britain’s longest river (6) 65 Apparition of a dead person (5) 66 Expecting a baby (8) DOWN 1 Lizard (6) 2Toddler famed for his or her tantrums (3-4-3) 3 Monarch’s realm (7) 4 Parisian river (5) 5 Himalayan mythological creature (4) 6 Attendant at a swimming pool (9) 7 Fit and well (7) 8 Loosen your muscles in preparation for exercise (6, 2) 9 Talking bird (6) 10 Many-legged creature (9) 18 Rounded basin (4) 20 Soup (5) 22 Fragrant and spicy (8) 25 Defraud, con (7) 26 Adversary (8) 27 Starched, perhaps (5) 31 Witches’ pot (8) 32 One who goes running with nothing on (8) 34 Part way between spawn and frog (7) 37 Well-dressed, dapper (5) 41 In possession of a weapon (5) 44 Feigning (10) 45 Escaped from custody (9) 46 School lesson area (9) 47 Green-eyed monster (4) 49 Essential trace elements (8) 52 Settlement not big enough to be a town (7) 53 Ruined, marred (7) 55 Greek island, site of the Colossus (6) 58 Cruel and spiteful (6) 59 Remembrance Day flower (5) 62 Mark your X on a ballot (4)