£1000 Big name crossword
Solve the clues and the shaded squares will spell out words linking Ronnie Scott and Amy Winehouse, then call or text the numbers below with your prize words for a chance to win £1000.
ACROSS
1 Language of the Netherlands (5) 4 Bluish-green fish (8) 8 Jail (6) 14 Seriousness (7) 15 Force back (5) 16 Soft wet earth (3) 17 Traveller’s suitcases (7)
18 Small child (3)
19 Sheltered port (7)
20 Bird with a large
bill (7)
21 Lukewarm (5)
22 — Poppins,
Disney film (4)
23 Garden blaze (7)
24 Picnic basket (6)
27 Achievement of
your aims (7)
29 Adjustable spanner (6) 31 Payment for helping police (6)
33 Useful resource (5) 34 Discuss work (4, 4) 36 Mel —, star of Mad Max
and Braveheart (6) 38 Break suddenly (4) 39 Fundamental (5)
41 Piece written
in verse (4)
47 Restaurant worker (6) 48 Wide-brimmed hat (8) 49 Bulb used as a
vegetable (5)
50 — Ramsay,
celebrity chef (6)
52 Best form
of defence? (6)
54 Against the law (7) 55 Two-digit number (6) 56 Keen fan (7)
58 Band of criminals (4) 64 Fling, lob (5)
66 Piece of bread served in soup (7) 67 County in
East Anglia (7)
69 Debris in a fireplace (3) 71 From Beijing, eg (7) 72 Towing boat (3) 73 Get away from (5) 74 Short sword (7) 75 Speak in a barely audible voice (6) 76 Mammal with a long snout (8) 77 Bad-tempered (5)
DOWN
1 Figure, number (5) 2 Farm vehicle (7) 3 Time of greatest activity (6)
4 Local dignitary (5) 5 Animated film (7) 6 Specialist’s know-how (9) 7 Obscuring of the sun by the moon (7) 9 Decrease (6) 10 Noiseless (6) 11 Frightening dream (9) 12 Moist (4) 13 Return to —, chart-topping Elvis Presley song (6) 16 Liquid for whitening coffee (4) 22 Accident (6)
23 Passenger
pick-up point (3, 4)
25 Admiring comments (6) 26 Punishment awarded
by a judge (8)
28 Performers in a film (4) 29 Pack-hunting
carnivore (4)
30 Wrinkle next to
an eye (5-4)
32 Dip in tea (4)
35 Weep noisily (3)
37 Frozen snack
on a stick (3, 5)
40 Taxi (3)
41 Side view of a face (7) 42 Drink in big
mouthfuls (4)
43 — Brosnan, ex-James
Bond actor (6)
44 Tap with a beak (4)
45 Hoop worn on
a finger (4)
46 Disconnect from the mains (6) 51 Defeat by force of numbers (9)
53 Escapade (9)
55 Attract (6)
56 Underground cell (7) 57 Gushing stream (7)
59 Insistent (7)
60 Stress, emphasis (6)
61 Pointed beard (6)
62 Adult male deer (4)
63 Dancer on a rink (6)
65 Singin’ in the —,
famous musical (4)
68 Take place (5)
70 Dog that pulls
sledges (5)