THE BIGGIE
Phwoar – it’s a whopper! Enjoy your puzzling
What have both Hollywood actors Lindsay Lohan and Nicolas Cage done on the big screen? To find out, solve the crossword then read down the shaded squares to find the three-word prize answer.
ACROSS
1 Herb that can be curly or flat (7) 5 Chosen from many (8) 9 The Duchess of Cambridge to her friends (4) 13 Stand-in doc (5) 14 Less advanced in age (7) 15 It did for The
Titanic! (7) 16 Catch one at
34 Across (5) 17 Desiccated (5) 18 Car’s home (6) 20 Hemmed (5) 21 Dunk it in tea (7) 23 Low ph liquid (4) 26 Ship’s staff (4) 27 Staying power (7) 30 Radioactive element (7) 34 Railway terminus (7) 36 Spin round (6) 37 Block of gold (5) 39 City that’s home to Superman’s alter ego Clark Kent (10) 40 Having a positive outlook (10) 42 Latin-american dance (5) 43 Place for gambling (6) 44 Educational institution (7) 46 Lasts forever (7) 47 Pamphlet (7) 48 Addition sign (4) 53 Diplomacy (4) 54 Spray can (7) 55 Inhaling organs (5) 58 Record label founded in Detroit (6) 60 Metal ready for recycling (5) 62 Moveable part of a helmet (5) 66 Kettle’s heating part (7) 67 Strand of a brush (7) 68 Fierce fire (5) 69 Bounced-back sound (4) 70 Border (8) 71 Age sometimes described as sweet (7)
DOWN
1 Artist’s paints (7) 2 Oblong (9) 3 Fizzy drink (8) 4 Toy with string and a reel (2-2) 5 Garden pest (4) 6 Light beer (5) 7 ‘Brand’ of money (8) 8 Make changes to a script (4) 10 Large indoor stadium (5) 11 BBC2 quiz with a team of elite quizzers (8) 12 Decompose (5) 19 Put dates in it (5) 22 Set fire to (6) 24 Small marrow (9) 25 Can’t be seen (9) 26 Goats’ wool (8) 28 Tissue that attaches muscle to bone (6) 29 Almond paste used in cake decoration (8) 31 Large extinct creatures (9) 32 Water mains shut off tap (8) 33 Gummed labels, often in sets (8) 35 Car in which you don’t need to change gear (9) 38 Round shape (6) 41 Japanese robe (6) 45 Animal with one hump or two (5) 49 Painting shape that’s wider than it is tall (9) 50 Rush of scared cattle (8) 51 Dwelling made from roughly hewn trees (3, 5) 52 Storage area in a car (5, 3) 56 Hospital theatre worker (7) 57 Sugary (5) 59 Jagged edge of a jaw (5) 61 Legal defence that can prove innocence (5) 63 Film celebrity (4) 64 Mix together (4) 65 Part of a telescope (4)