The Biggie
Phwoar – it’s a whopper! Enjoy your puzzling
What do the actresses Charlize Theron and Eva Longoria both have in common?
To find out, solve the crossword then read down the shaded squares to find the five-word prize answer.
ACROSS
1 Motorbike attachment (7) 5 Took on loan (8) 9 Snatch hold of (4) 13 Church instrument (5) 14 Bring up and care for (7) 15 Telephone part (7) 16 Puzzling question (5)
17 Impudence (5)
18 Aslan’s land (6) 20 Wander
aimlessly (5)
21 Incite, stir up (7) 23 China’s
continent (4)
26 Suspend (4)
27 Very little
money (7)
30 Patella
protection (4‑3) 34 Conveyed by
car (7)
36 Lacking skill (6)
37 Gloomy,
cheerless (5)
39 Substance‑ locating canine (7,3)
40 Pastry
flattener (7,3)
42 Divisions of
a euro (5)
43 Yellow‑flowered
plant (6)
44 By the sea (7)
46 Denies connections with (7) 47 Before this time (7)
48 Having no hair (4) 53 Collapse to the
ground (4)
54 Error, mistake (7) 55 Defeated
player (5)
58 Positive,
optimistic (6)
60 Adolescent (5)
62 Magnetic
direction (5)
66 Enormous, huge (7) 67 Cable for pulling a vehicle (3‑4)
68 Mythical Greek
beauty (5)
69 Balanced and level (4) 70 Walked casually (8) 71 Eyelash make‑up (7) DOWN
1 Descended suddenly (7) 2 Stomach’s workings (9) 3 Building material (8) 4 Skating surface (4) 5 Farm building (4) 6 Opposite of smooth (5) 7 Fried beaten eggs dish (8) 8 Bounced sound (4) 10 Tree sap (5) 11 Act of disloyalty (8) 12 Relative by marriage (2‑3)
19 Horrible smell (5) 22 Creamy rich
cake (6)
24 Never
moved (6,3)
25 Listen
attentively (4,2,3) 26 Sad at being
away (8)
28 Tolerate, bear (6) 29 Excessively anxious (8) 31 University teacher (9)
32 Distribute
(resources) (8)
33 Wheeled
clumsily (8)
35 Three‑yearly (9) 38 Cut (bread) (6)
41 Breed of
sheepdog (6)
45 Aspect,
viewpoint (5)
49 Sydney’s
country (9)
50 Abundant in
praise (8)
51 Hardly any (3,2,3) 52 Finally settles
(a deal) (8)
56 R&B singer who was born in Barbados (7)
57 Become
unconscious (5) 59 Ice‑cream dessert (5) 61 Absorbent cloth (5)
63 Band around
the waist (4)
64 Small lake (4)
65 Curly hairdo that’s not natural (4)