The Biggie
Phwoar – it’s a whopper! Enjoy your puzzling
For what famous movie role did singers Charlotte Church and Katy B both unsuccessfully audition? To find out, solve the crossword then read down the shaded squares to find the four-word prize answer. ACROSS 1 Sailor’s bed (7) 5 Textile hung on the wall (8) 9 Locks on the head (4) 13 Complete a puzzle (5) 14 Supervise, keep an eye on (7) 15 Getting bigger, developing (7) 16 Very tall (5) 17 Wireless (5) 18 Light inert gas, symbol He (6) 20 Faint (5) 21 Extremely old (7) 23 Pottery oven (4) 26 Short letter (4) 27 Floating frozen mass (7) 30 Pablo - - -, Spanish artist (7) 34 Sticky sweet syrup (7) 36 Repeated part of a song (6) 37 Australian wild dog (5) 39 Sent into a trance, mesmerised (10) 40 Body of voters (10) 42 Nearby pub (5) 43 Drilling platform, often at sea (3,3) 44 Turn sugar into alcohol (7) 46 Variety of Italian cheese (7) 47 57 Down driller, perhaps (7) 48 Jealousy (4) 53 Symbol, part of company image (4) 54 Gave blood, perhaps (7) 55 Take place (5) 58 Coloured pencil (6) 60 Berkshire racecourse (5) 62 Shape used to cast metal or plastic (5) 66 Make damp (7) 67 Largest living bird (7) 68 Short, sleeveless coat (5) 69 Flip a coin (4) 70 University teacher (8) 71 Preserved in vinegar (7) DOWN 1 Bothers and annoys (7) 2 Truck for delivering your pints (4,5) 3 Single file (3,2,3) 4 Tie tightly (4) 5 Long arduous journey (4) 6 Staple Italian food (5) 7 Exactly precise, particular (8) 8 Wrath (4) 10 Legal defence that proves you were elsewhere (5) 11 A unit of soldiers (8) 12 Cash, dough (5) 19 Blacksmith’s block (5) 22 Not very wide (6) 24 Imply, often something derogatory (9) 25 Thick paper (9) 26 In a - - -, concisely (8) 28 Churchman (6) 29 Microscopic entities, sometimes germs (8) 31 Male member of a form (9) 32 Illumination during the day (8) 33 West Midlands city (8) 35 Pregnant (9) 38 Mocks or eats greedily (6) 41 Gentle wind (6) 45 Backless chair (5) 49 Happening at night (9) 50 Dining table accessory (5,3) 51 Travel document (8) 52 Strictly and unwaveringly following a doctrine (8) 56 Lowered the price (7) 57 Molar (5) 59 Zodiac ram (5) 61 River or sea mammal (5) 63 Leg joint (4) 64 Large jetty (4) 65 Lash (4)