£1000 Big Name Crossword

Solve the clues and the shaded squares will spell out words linking Mel Brooks and Jamie Oliver, then call or text the numbers below with your prize words for a chance to win £1000.

ACROSS

Actor who plays

Tyrone Dobbs in Coronation Street (4, 7) British female tennis player (5, 6)

14 Cheerful (5)

15 Mislay (4)

16 Hypnotic stupor (6)

17 Cognac (6)

18 Cowl (4)

19 Gaze (5)

20 Make physical signals (11)

22 Illumination for

a building at night (11)

25 Local rivals

of Liverpool FC (7)

27 Climate conditions (7)

30 Alcoholic apple drink (5)

31 Rational thinking (5)

33 Training institute (7)

36 Respire (7)

38 Natural sweetener (5)

40 Zero (6)

41 Cost-saving

measures (4)

43 Come together (4)

44 Canoe oar (6)

45 Use (7)

46 Simplified (5)

47 Sum (5)

48 Work session (5)

52 Wading bird (5)

53 Spoiling (7)

54 Cold season (6)

55 Part of a dollar (4)

57 Engrave (4)

59 Land noisily in water (6)

60 Two pints (5)

61 Abbreviate (7)

63 Eviction officer (7)

65 Repetition symbol (5)

67 Distraught (5)

69 Endanger (7)

71 Conceited person (7)

74 Lose one’s

equilibrium (11)

77 Kind of steak (11)

80 Singing voice (5)

81 Short letter (4)

82 Outlaw (6)

84 Thread (6)

86 Competent (4)

87 Venomous snake (5)

88 Popular American

female musician (6, 5)

89 Lead singer

of Led Zeppelin (6, 5) 1 8

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Claim without proof (6)

2 Helped (8)

3 Room in a loft (5)

4 Ocean (3)

5 Lawful (5)

6 Humorous drawing (7)

7 Small bird (7)

9 Of ears (5)

10 Flee (3)

11 Regal (5)

12 Calming (8)

13 Naturist (6)

21 Furious (5)

23 Musical drama (5)

24 Collided (7)

26 Send (payment) (5)

28 Prime number (5)

29 Stylish (7)

30 Cowboy actor who became a leading director and producer (5, 8)

32 Actress who starred

in Ocean’s 8 (4, 9)

34 Warm and moist (5)

35 Fundamental (5)

37 Interrogates (9)

39 Newspaper’s

opinion article (9)

42 Give backing to (7)

43 Information

to pass on (7)

49 Crime against

the state (7)

50 Subtraction symbol (5)

Astrology sign of the Scales (5)

52 Optimistic (7)

56 Female relation (5)

58 Instruct (5)

62 Lively

Cuban dance (5)

64 Minimum (5)

66 Embroidered

work (8)

68 Residential outskirts of a city (8) Fables (7)

Knife fixed to a rifle (7)

Ice cream container (6)

73 Turn down (6)

75 Fossilised resin (5)

76 Tribal leader (5)

78 Surpass (5)

79 Correct (5)

83 Immediately (3)

85 Water in solid form (3) 1 51 70 71 72