£1000 Big Name Crossword

Solve the clues and the shaded squares will spell out words linking Rod Stewart and Jools Holland, then call or text the numbers below with your prize words for a chance to win £1000.

ACROSS

So-so (8)

Most liked (9)

Toboggan (6)

Work of fiction (5) Immature cucumber (7) Christmas song (5) Choice of roads taken to get somewhere (5)

20 Hollow flexible

bamboo stem (4)

21 Hot condiment (6)

22 Transfer, pass on (8)

23 Stylish, elegant (4)

26 Equestrian (5)

28 Once more (5)

29 Gripping tool (6)

33 Defect (4)

34 Astound (5)

35 Tooth coating (6)

39 Inflammation

of the eyelid (4)

40 Place where

gladiators fought (5)

42 Sure of oneself (9)

45 Very big (4)

47 Strong-flavoured

blue-veined cheese (7)

48 Treasure tenderly (7)

49 Conspiracy (4)

52 New Orleans’ state (9)

53 Bellybutton (5)

54 Famously

extinct bird (4)

57 Waver weakly,

or stumble (6)

59 Sudden strong rush

or increase (5)

60 Go up (4)

64 Spike of

frozen water (6)

65 Burn with a

sudden bright flame (5)

66 Illegal fire starting (5)

70 Skin complaint (4)

71 Imagine, believe (8)

72 Explanation offered

in defence of a fault (6)

75 Angel’s ring of light (4)

79 Surpass, or be

outstandingly good (5)

80 Intelligent,

or well-dressed (5)

81 Far away (7)

82 Release slowly

through pores (5)

83 Wobble (6)

84 Else (9)

85 Not guilty (8) 1 5 10 16 17

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Treatment for the hands and nails (8) Backless sofa (5)

Leer at (4)

Dishonest person, rascal (5)

Capital of Turkey (6) Heavily decorated (6) Quadrilateral (9) Mechanical gate outside a football ground (9)

11 Songbird (4)

12 Female offspring (8)

13 Work out at the gym (8)

14 Profound (4)

15 Liquid (5)

24 Shellfish (5)

25 North African country (7)

27 Defer, or hold up (5)

30 Sweet biscuit made from ground almonds (8) Grow thinner at one end (5)

32 Decorate food (7)

36 Material used

to surface roads (7)

37 Perceive by touch (4)

38 Cowboy’s hat (7)

41 Mythical Greek hero killed

by a wound to his heel (8)

42 Wine-bottle stopper (4)

43 Capital of US state

of Georgia (7)

44 Jumping parasite (4)

46 Painful inflammation

of the foot and big toe (4)

50 Attack (7)

51 Turn aside,

or prevent (5)

55 Fertile spot

in the desert (5)

56 Prolonged dull

cry of pain (5)

58 Disinclined, unwilling (9)

59 Napkin (9)

61 Thin wire

in a lightbulb (8)

62 Peak (8)

63 Impudent,

disrespectful (8)

67 Farmyard bird (5)

68 Pasture, field (6)

69 Population count (6)

73 Crustacean (4)

74 Silky fabric (5)

76 Entertain (5)

77 Run away (4)

78 Refuse consent,

or ban (4) 1

2 3 4

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