£1000 Big Name Crossword

Solve the clues and the shaded squares will spell out words linking Al Murray and William Makepeace Thackeray, then call or text the numbers below with your prize words for a chance to win £1000.

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Actress in The Dressmaker who won an Oscar for her role in The Reader (4, 7) Member of an American acting family who starred in The Shadow (4, 7)

14 Subtraction symbol (5)

15 Roofing stone (4)

16 Set on fire (6)

17 Claim (6)

18 Resign (4)

19 Series of links (5)

20 In the main (11)

22 Person checking

for textual errors (11)

25 Faraway (7)

27 Hair-washing lotion (7)

30 Person giving to charity (5)

31 Rational thinking (5)

33 Cockerel (7)

36 Ore extract (7)

38 Cattle farm (5)

40 Weather chart

pressure line (6)

41 Nocturnal butterfly (4)

43 Bug, bacterium (4)

44 Grim experience (6)

45 Senior solider (7)

46 There are four

in a month… (5)

47 … and ten in a decade (5)

48 Restriction (5)

52 Dutch cheese (5)

53 Floral wreath (7)

54 Sarcastic (6)

55 Bee’s home (4)

57 Aristocrat (4)

59 Greedy seabird? (6)

60 Selection of goods (5)

61 Beer factory (7)

63 Film about a doomed liner,

starring 1 Across (7)

65 Market stand (5)

67 Background film actor (5)

69 Temporary, provisional (7)

71 Move apart (7)

74 Result of action taken (11)

77 Mimic (11)

80 Oak seed (5)

81 Fleshy ear part (4)

82 Gadget for tins (6)

84 South American animal (6)

86 Tablet (4)

87 Printing machine (5)

88 Classic 1968 movie that launched

Dustin Hoffman’s career (3, 8)

89 1976 thriller with

Laurence Olivier (8, 3) 1 8

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Young cat (6)

Lucky charm (8)

Dolt (5)

Solar system’s centre (3) Praise highly (5)

Wealthiest (7)

Very angry (7)

Amplified light beam (5)

Snooker rod (3)

Later than (5)

Injuring (8)

Character, disposition (6)

Astrological sign of the Ram (5)

23 Depleted upper

atmosphere gas (5)

24 Overdue payments (7)

26 Larceny (5)

28 Sweetcorn (5)

29 Adverse physical

reaction (7)

30 Britain’s Got Talent judge

and children’s author (5, 8)

32 Mexican-american guitarist whose band’s albums include Abraxas and Supernatural (6, 7)

34 Social blunder (5)

35 Ceasefire (5)

37 Post-wedding holiday (9)

39 Rating lower (9)

42 Prisoner

held for surety (7)

43 Handheld bomb (7)

49 Sewing finger cap (7)

50 Bakery produce (5)

51 Pinned emblem (5)

52 Quickly looked (7)

56 Grassy road edge (5)

58 Nimble (5)

62 Flinch (5)

64 Quarrel (5)

66 Docile (8)

68 Light tough metal (8)

70 Planet (7)

71 Stray off

the subject (7)

72 Create statues (6)

73 Capital

of Germany (6)

75 Allotted amount (5)

76 Family emblem (5)

78 Mediterranean island

with the George Cross (5)

79 Break to bits (5)

83 Flightless bird (3)

85 Turkish

spiritual leader (3) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9

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