The Biggie
Phwoar – it’s a whopper! Enjoy your puzzling
What links the American actress Liv Tyler and the Star Wars villain Darth Vader?
To find out, solve the crossword then read down the shaded squares to find the four-word prize answer.
ACROSS
1 Food to dunk in tea (7) 5 American for lift (8) 9 Payment for lodgings (4) 13 Locomotive and carriages (5) 14 Perfumed (7) 15 Wither (7) 16 Grinding tooth (5) 17 Door fastener (5) 18 Great fright (6) 20 Buy and sell (5) 21 Sink ship deliberately (7) 23 Grassed area (4) 26 Make cake (4) 27 Refrain from taking part in 50 Down (7) 30 Fill with air (7) 34 Harsh, severe (7) 36 Diplomatic agreement (6) 37 Hospital worker (5) 39 Dried up (10) 40 Prince Andrew’s title (4, 2, 4) 42 Go in (5) 43 To make quiet or still (6) 44 State capital of Georgia, US (7) 46 Light brown spot on skin (7) 47 Maker of seats and tack for horse riders (7) 48 Small button (4) 53 Woman (4) 54 Irregular (7) 55 Duck’s call (5) 58 Noel ..., composer of Mad Dogs and Englishmen (6) 60 Explode, like volcano (5) 62 One more time (5) 66 Holding office after 50 Down in 31 Down (2, 5) 67 Belly (7) 68 Stormed (5) 69 Prying (4) 70 An American ... in London, horror movie (8) 71 Childish fit of temper (7)
DOWN
1 Floor cover next to tub (4, 3) 2 Chit-chat (5, 4) 3 Disconcerted (8) 4 Job to be done (4) 5 Smooth and level (4) 6 Crowd scene actor (5) 7 Give up throne (8) 8 Kiln to dry hops (4) 10 Young eel (5) 11 Open-minded (8) 12 Attempted (5) 19 Stone used to make axes and arrowheads in antiquity (5) 22 Sound of bell, eg of clock (6) 24 Morning and evening link (9) 25 Stretchy, clear plastic food covering (9) 26 Bangle (8) 28 Local statute (3-3) 29 Tied to fixed object (8) 31 Government of the people, by the people (9) 32 Played chords on a guitar (8) 33 Member of ship’s crew (8) 35 Dashed into smithereens (9) 38 Cash refund (6) 41 Italian cured sausage (6) 45 Bright distress signal at sea (5) 49 Nelson’s final battle (9) 50 Voting time (8) 51 Ball game with net on stick (8) 52 RAF unit (8) 56 Monarch’s country (7) 57 Five shillings, or monarch’s headwear (5) 59 Cleans with cloth (5) 61 Snapshot (5) 63 Soft French cheese (4) 64 Young cow or elephant (4) 65 Sharpen (4)