£1000 Big Name Crossword
Solve the clues and the shaded squares will spell out words linking Orson Welles and Yul Brynner, then call or text the numbers below with your prize words for a chance to win £1000.
ACROSS
1 Paint and put up wallpaper (8) 5 British Queen who reigned from 1837 until 1901 (8) 10 Large cash prize (7)
15 Pat —, radio and TV legend (5) 16 Taylor —, singer (5)
17 Field of apple trees (7) 18 Spirit and courage (5) 19 Playing card (3) 20 Exactly alike (9) 21 European freshwater fish (4) 22 — Atkins, English Dame (6) 23 Gordon —, short-tempered chef (6)
25 Spring-flowering plant (8)
28 Denise van —, TV presenter who was a judge on Ireland’s Got Talent (5) 30 Tune (6)
31 — Clark, musician whose hits include Downtown (6)
34 Medieval archer’s weapon (7) 36 Location of Athens (6)
38 Steve —, comic known for his comedy partnership with Hugh Dennis (4)
39 Written agreement (8)
42 — Eve, silver-haired star
of Waking the Dead (6)
44 Highly confidential (3-6)
46 Draw back
or wince in pain (6)
48 Goodbye (8)
49 British soul singer formerly
married to Heidi Klum (4)
50 — Stone, Hollywood star (6) 53 Autumn month (7)
55 — Fielding,
Most Haunted presenter (6) 56 — Olsen, fashion designer
twin sister of Mary-Kate (6) 58 Concentrate
your attention (5)
60 Missing familiar surroundings (8)
63 Grand —, US gorge (6) 67 Balanced plank at a playground (6)
68 Sour-tasting (4)
70 Alternative to butter (9)
72 That lady (3)
74 Combined (numbers) (5)
75 Student motorist (7)
76 Oyster’s gem (5)
77 Chrissie —, US rock star
who is in the Pretenders (5) 78 Act the part of (7)
79 Fizzy drink (8)
80 One’s belongings (8)
DOWN
1 Lose hope (7)
2 Chevy —, Caddyshack star (5) 3 Tell off (9) 4 Ornamental tuft of threads (6) 6 Unbroken (6) 7 Shopping cart (7) 8 Happen again (5)
9 2019 Disney film featuring Will Smith (7) 10 — Finnigan, TV host married to Richard Madeley (4) 11 Star sign of the Goat (9) 12 Wise, sensible (7)
13 Slot machine disc (5) 14 Brad —, star of film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (4)
24 Noisy and confused fight (5) 26 Ludo disc (7)
27 — Bonham Carter, actress taking on the role of Princess Margaret in series 3 of The Crown (6) 29 Pond creature (4)
30 Powerful (6)
32 Lively and high-spirited (9)
33 Popular racecourse (5)
35 Kevin —, actor who shot to fame in Footloose (5) 37 Glenn —, actress in
Fatal Attraction (5)
40 — Fiennes,
Lord Voldemort? (5) 41 Drink made by mixing beer and 79 Across (6)
43 Precise (5)
44 — Savalas,
Kojak cast member (5)
45 Have, own (7)
47 Hunt high and low (6)
51 Rachel —,
Countdown regular (5)
52 Top of a building (4)
54 Uninvolved onlooker (9)
57 Astronaut’s vehicle (9)
59 Type of cheese from southwest England (7) 61 Youngest of the three Darling siblings in Peter Pan (7)
62 James —, director of epic
blockbuster Avatar (7)
64 — rhyme, children’s poem (7) 65 Camera stand (6)
66 Ben —, comedian (6)
67 Postage label (5)
69 Material used for jeans (5)
71 Man in the Garden of Eden (4) 72 — Blackman, actress who starred in The Avengers (5) 73 Wartime friend (4)