The Biggie
Phwoar – it’s a whopper! Enjoy your puzzling
W
hat is it that British actress Kate Beckinsale says she takes with her whenever she travels?
To find out, solve the crossword then read down the shaded squares to find the five-word prize answer.
ACROSS
11 Tubular pasta (8) 12 Part of jigsaw, perhaps (5) 13 Scared (6) 14 Plan secretly (4) 15 Top Government ministers (7) 16 Small hand-held firework (8) 17 Device for making hard copy of document (7) 18 Unwise, a little silly (7) 19 Current affairs (4) 21 Frequently (5) 23 Hair on to which mascara is applied (7) 24 Ill-fated, hapless (7) 28 Blue flower (4) 29 Fib (3) 30 Church district (6) 33 From Stockholm or Malmo, perhaps (7) 35 Forty winks (3) 36 Proverbially where all roads lead (4) 38 Sport that stands for G in the NATO phonetic alphabet (4) 39 Until now (3) 40 Place of beer production (7) 42 Not celebrated or honoured (6) 43 Valuable rocks (3) 44 Unwell (4) 48 Church spire (7) 50 Inquisitive, keen to know (7) 51 Wedding participant (5) 54 Froth on beer (4) 56 Informal seating item, a large sack with polystyrene balls (7) 57 Prize ribbon (7) 60 Immerse (8) 61 Stretchy material (7) 63 Frog-like creature (4) 64 Dusk (6) 65 Agreed cessation of hostilities (5) 66 Taken into custody (8)
DOWN
1 Visitor (6) 2 Soap opera with the Queen Vic pub (10) 3 Illegal hunter (7) 4 Arms and legs (5) 5 Revolve rapidly (4) 6 Luxury apartment right at the top (9) 7 Frogman’s outfit (3, 4) 8 26-mile race (8) 9 Smashed (6) 10 Completely conscious and alert (4, 5) 18 Word that can follow pro, nail and single (4) 20 Rubber parts of wheels (5) 22 Logs for the grate, kindling (8) 25 Take the top off a bottle, perhaps (7) 26 Phrase said following a sneeze (5, 3) 27 Backbone (5) 31 Journalist (8) 32 Hugged (8) 34 Protection (7) 37 Theatre’s performing space (5) 41 Extra payment for good results (5) 44 Filmed audition of an actor or actress (6, 4) 45 Active, vigorous, needing much effort (9) 46 Chewy and inflatable sweet (6, 3) 47 Chess piece (4) 49 Set free (8) 52 Natural abilities (7) 53 Musical performance (7) 55 Clear the inside of a car’s windscreen (6) 58 London’s major river (6) 59 Stalk that holds up a cereal crop (5) 62 Length times breadth (4)
