The Biggie
Phwoar – it’s a whopper! Enjoy your puzzling
What pastime do actress Lesley Sharp and comedian and presenter Jo Brand both enjoy?
To find out, solve the crossword then read down the shaded squares to find the two-word prize answer.
ACROSS
1 Bouncer (7)
5 Having no
idea (8)
9 Ladder rung (4) 13 Broadcasting live (2,3)
14 ... pin, a paper fastener (7) 15 Holding office (2,5) 16 Rational thought (5) 17 Trivial (5) 18 James ..., actor and TV presenter (6)
20 A tiny amount (5) 21 Sports car (7)
23 Hunting whip (4) 26 Achilles’...,
weakness (4)
27 Appearance (7) 30 Damp
conditions (7)
34 Topic, theme (7) 36 Intelligent (6)
37 ... rarebit, cheese on toast (5)
39 Excessively prim or proper behaviour (10) 40 A reminder (10) 42 Gambling card
game (5)
43 Carry out
(a crime) (6)
44 Caribbean
song (7)
46 Noisy to chew (7) 47 Disapprove strongly of (7)
48 Parts of a
play (4)
53 Release
(a knot) (4)
54 Sympathetic
reaction (7)
55 LeAnn ...,
country star (5) 58 Believe (6)
60 ... beans,
popular food (5) 62 Mental
picture (5)
66 Lobster, crab,
prawns, etc (7) 67 Intensify (7)
68 Foolish
person (5)
69 Eastern exercise system (4) 70 Emphasised (8) 71 Predict, anticipate (7) DOWN
1 Bead of liquid (7) 2 Fizzy fruit drink (9) 3 Divine happenings (8) 4 Gestures agreement (4) 5 Edible shellfish (4) 6 Amalgamate (5) 7 Least dark (8) 8 Leg bone (4) 10 Pulled vehicles along (5) 11 Sweet‑flavoured root veg (8)
12 Cook’s pinny (5) 19 Head person (5) 22 Held forth (6)
24 Prepared
quickly (7,2)
25 Gathers size and
momentum (9) 26 Gardener’s
watering tube (8) 28 Unranked naval
seaman (6)
29 Surgical cut (8) 31 Suppressing unacceptable parts of books, etc (9) 32 Turned traitor (8) 33 Hair cleaners (8) 35 Having a limited outlook (9) 38 Amusing film about relationships (6) 41 Level, not bumpy (6) 45 Have the same end‑sound between words (5) 49 Businesses (9) 50 Breed of dairy cattle (8) 51 From Tokyo, for example (8) 52 Smarter (8) 56 Crown jewels item (7) 57 Giver of blood (5) 59 Daniel ..., played James Bond in Casino Royale (5) 61 Distinctive spirit of a culture (5) 63 Revise text (4) 64 ... Blyton, children’s author (4) 65 Broad flat part of a plant (4)