THE BRIDGE
Phwoar – it’s a whopper! Enjoy your puzzling
What completes this quote from actress Angelina Jolie about her childhood: ‘When other little girls wanted to be ballet dancers, I kind of…’? To find out, solve the crossword then read down the shaded squares to find the five-word prize answer.
ACROSS
11 Eyebrow pluckers (8) 12 Internet communication system (5) 13 Large milk cans (6) 14 Apartment (4) 15 Without any dispute (2, 5) 16 Manicurist’s tool (4, 4) 17 Three score and ten (7) 18 Track-and-field competitor (7) 19 Archaeological excavations (4) 21 Turbulent weather (5) 23 Made the noise of a duck (7) 24 Spoken (7) 28 Diseasecarrying microbe (4) 29 Request (3) 30 Victory cup or plate (6) 33 Multiplied by two (7) 35 Vapour (3) 36 Told an untruth (4) 38 Rescue (4) 39 Lumberjack’s hatchet (3) 40 Gave a solemn oath (7) 42 Grown-ups (6) 43 Little house (3) 44 Part of eye (4) 48 Himalayan mountain (7) 50 Line of camels crossing the desert (7) 51 Velocity (5) 54 What a tadpole grows into (4) 56 Return game fixture (7) 57 Peach-like stoned fruit (7) 60 See 58 Down 61 Fruit grove (7) 63 Leave out (4) 64 Country south of the Rio Grande (6) 65 Ridiculous, madcap comedy (5) 66 Horticultural enthusiast (8)
DOWN
1 Dozen (6) 2 Orchestral percussion instrument (10) 3 Snoopy’s cartoon strip (7) 4 Stage whisper (5) 5 List of options (4) 6 Sideways somersault (9) 7 Woollen bedcover (7) 8 Mishap (8) 9 Polished to a shine (6) 10 Disconnected from mains (9) 18 Curved feature of a building (4) 20 Fortunate (5) 22 Abstaining from booze (8) 25 Breathed out (7) 26 US game played by the Chicago Cubs and New York Yankees (8) 27 Performer’s platform (5) 31 Completely out of date (8) 32 Broadcast on the box (8) 34 Food mixer (7) 37 Gently poke fun at (5) 41 Grain ground for flour (5) 44 Thrown into jail (10) 45 Tree that’s in leaf all year round (9) 46 Pub game target (9) 47 Walker’s route (4) 49 Inspector of buildings and land (8) 52 Make louder (7) 53 Eight-legged web weavers (7) 55 Sneaky ploy, tactic (6) 58 and 60 Across Civil War general who became Lord Protector (6, 8) 59 A giggle, but louder (5) 62 Head cook (4)