The Biggie
Phwoar – it’s a whopper! Enjoy your puzzling
Actresses Glenda Jackson and Maxine Peake have both played what sort of roles? To find out, solve the crossword then read down the shaded squares to find the four-word prize answer. Large house (7) One of 12 in the zodiac (4, 4) High in stature (4) Make less high (5) ACROSS 13 14 15 16 17 18 20 1 5 9 Royal staff or baton (7) Criminal (7) Draw up an outline (5) Toasting part of a cooker (5) See 7 Down Large strongbox (5) Little-known (7) Salvador…, Spanish artist (4) 21 23 26 27 30 Obligation, responsibility (4) Sword-fighting sport (7) Accompanies (7) Changed the text, edited very 34 36 heavily (7) Pulse used in health food (6) Complete (5) 37 39 Italian soft cheese (10) 40 Citrus-flavoured plant used in Asian teas and dishes (5, 5) Beginning (5) 42 43 Metal-attracting device (6) Surprise (7) 44 46 Hide away (7) 47 Course of treatment (7) 48 Large meeting room (4) 53 Let’s Go Fly a…, Mary Poppins song (4) 54 Holiday island off the coast of Morocco (7) 55 Simple…, 56 Down rhyme character (5) Vagrants (6) 58 60 Large religious building (5) 62 Jockey (5) 66 Pamphlet (7) 67 Nimbleness (7) 68 Find the answer (5) 69 Sport’s team (4) 70 Degree that ground slopes (8) 71 Money management (7) DOWN 1 Tuneful (7) 2 Corner shop selling papers (9) 3 Get on your nerves (8) 4 Snout (4) 5 Wooden hut (4) 6 Stage player (5) 7 and 18 Across 221B Baker Street resident (8, 6) 8 Donate (4) 10 Type of clock (5) 11 Viking seagoing vessel (8) 12 Deluge, inundation (5) 19 Lower arm joint (5) 22 Yellow fruit (6) 24 Spaceman (9) 25 Person from Oslo, maybe (9) 26 National Park in Devon (8) 28 Not subject or liable to (6) 29 Table of dates (8) 31 Brothers’ religious retreat (9) 32 Filmmaker (8) 33 Conch, cockle, for example (8) 35 Insects’ home you would not want to disturb (5, 4) 38 Chat, spread rumours (6) 41 Ship’s mooring device (6) 45 Stalk of corn (5) 49 ‘Armour-plated’ burrowing animal (9) 50 Ball game often played in pubs with ninepins (8) 51 Piano part (8) 52 Strong coffee made with steam (8) 56 Crèche, baby’s room (7) 57 Company that makes the iphone (5) 59 Prize given for merit (5) 61 Select group (5) 63 Asterisk symbol (4) 64 Handle of a sword (4) 65 Extravagant publicity (4)