The Biggie
Phwoar – it’s a whopper! Enjoy your puzzling
Australian actress Emily Browning, star of Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, Pompeii and Legend learnt and perfected her American accent by doing what? To find out, solve the crossword then read down the shaded squares to find the three-word prize answer.
ACROSS
11 Albumen (3,5)
12 Avoid artfully (5) 13 Computer network or internet connector (6) 14 Leg joint (4) 15 Front tooth, for cutting (7) 16 Burnt wood stick used by artists (8) 17 Papas (7) 18 Portrait (7) 19 Reflected shout (4) 21 Italian city, famous for fashion (5) 23 Pungent yellow condiment (7) 24 Blue-veined cheese (7) 28 Undershirt (4) 29 Upper limb (3) 30 The H of NHS (6) 33 Last, or family, part of your moniker (7) 35 See 31 Down 36 Hazard (4) 38 Bridle strap (4) 39 and 52 Down Louisiana City mentioned in House of the Rising Sun (3,7) 40 Intentionally give wrong information (7) 42 Natural hot water spout (6) 43 Brewed drink (3) 44 Precious red gemstone (4) 48 Two-wheeled conveyance (7) 50 Parts of a minute (7) 51 Chic, flair (5) 54 Blood vessel (4) 56 Contradictory truth (7) 57 Pudding (7) 60 Sticky substance (8)
61 Look at (7) 63 Not odd (4) 64 Dozen (6) 65 Cord that transmits messages to and from the brain (5) 66 Incarcerate in jail (8)
DOWN
1 Programme of business (6) 2 Beloved person, dearest (10) 3 Mediterranean coastal region (7) 4 Shore of a sea, often sandy (5) 5 Street or yard originally used for stabling (4) 6 Zodiac sign represented by a goat (9) 7 Tomato sauce (7) 8 Decorative object on display (8) 9 Limb-moving body part, biceps for example (6) 10 Ten-part athletics event over two days (9) 18 Walkway (4)
20 Embalmed
body (5)
22 Chunks of water dropped into drinks (3,5)
25 Word for word, according to the letter (7)
26 Articles of
clothing (8)
27 Mould (5)
31 and 35 Across Don McLean song about ‘the day the music died’ (8,3)
32 Turkish city (8) 34 Convent (7)
37 Conscious of, in
the know (5)
41 Home office (5) 44 Oven with a
revolving spit (10) 45 Bedcover like
a duvet (9)
46 Top end of
a bed (9)
47 Deceptive
trick (4)
49 Off balance, not
symmetric (8)
52 See 39 Across 53 Docket showing
money paid (7) 55 Sewing
implement (6)
58 Sportswear
brand (6)
59 Soak away (5) 62 Cooking fat used
for dumplings (4)