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Phwoar – it’s a whopper! Enjoy your puzzling

What does actress Courteney Cox say has been her most expensive purchase? to find out, solve the crossword then read down the shaded squares to find the three-word prize answer.

ACROSS

11 Pestered, bothered

(8)

12 Slant of a surface (5) 13 Put up with (6) 14 Used to be (4) 15 Type of spacecraft (7) 16 Likely to stick (8) 17 Judicial writ (7) 18 Jungle knife (7)

19 Eat grandly (4) 21 US cinema award (5) 23 Jumped with a rope (7) 24 Lower the spirits of

(7)

28 A great deal (4) 29 As well as (3) 30 24‑hour break (3,3) 33 Film preview (7) 35 Automobile (3)

36 Bear up, get by (4) 38 Begging request (4) 39 Beer (3) 40 Cookery or cooking (7) 42 Small (6) 43 Noah’s zoo boat (3) 44 Splotch of colour (4) 48 Disappear gradually (4,3) 50 Different form (7) 51 Secret store (5) 54 Catholic church service (4) 56 Citrus fruits (7) 57 Imposing entrance (7) 60 By …, alone (8) 61 Monkey, ape (7) 63 Converse informally (4) 64 Tense, nervous (2,4) 65 Eagle’s claw (5) 66 Stock of DNA (4,4)

DOWN

1 Photographing device (6) 2 Pause to get your second wind (4,6) 3 Amaze (7) 4 Sun‑dried brick (5)

5 Aid illegally (4) 6 Hammed (9) 7 Glad or delighted (7) 8 Fine soft wool (8)

9 Felt the loss of (6)

10 Weight (9)

18 Be miserable (4) 20 Side‑slips (5)

22 In a frank

way (8)

25 Adjust a

lens again (7) 26 Prevent from moving (4,4)

27 Decree,

order (5)

31 Orthodox Jewish skullcap (8)

32 Financial

backers (8)

34 Dream up (7)

37 Adjourn (5)

41 Become

unconscious (5) 44 Wild yellow flowers (10)

45 Biscuits made with almonds (9)

46 Canal‑boat

propeller (9)

47 Favouritism (4) 49 Left closed (8) 52 Silk‑like dress fabric (7)

53 Hot red

pepper (7)

55 Single long

step (6)

58 Great river of South America

(6)

59 Symbol worn on clothing (5)

62 Hebridean

island (4)