£1000 Big Name Crossword
Solve the clues and the shaded squares will spell out words linking BEYONCE and WILL SMITH, then call or text the numbers below with your prize words for a chance to win £1000.
ACROSS
1 Salad vegetable (6)
4 Don’t Look Up actress, –
Blanchett (4)
7 Loose coins (5,6)
14 Buoyant (6)
15 Decrease speed (10)
16 Place or locate (7)
17 Steal (5)
18 TV’s Noel Fitzpatrick,
for example (3)
19 Late Ghostbusters
director, – Reitman (4)
20 Keep rhythm (4,4)
23 Very hot (8)
25 Cut gemstone surface (5)
26 Hogwarts poltergeist (6)
28 Ocean floor (6)
29 Not playing an active part (7) 32 Kate Bush album, – of
Love (6)
34 Merit (7)
36 Remained (6)
38 Magazines for children (6) 40 Restraint (4)
41 Jest or joke (4)
42 Mythical giant (5)
44 Parliamentary
constituency (4)
46 Alleviate (4)
47 XTC hit, – Working
Overtime (6)
49 Town in East Sussex (6)
50 Bowmen (7)
52 Mariner (6)
53 Spotty disease (7)
55 Shrink back (6)
59 Whirled (6)
60 Group of eight (5)
62 Not concealed (2,6)
65 Comfort (8)
67 1995 comedy-drama film
about a pig (4)
68 Protrude (3)
69 Lamp cover (5)
71 Identifier shared by a
family (7)
73 Annoying (10)
74 The Jam hit, Town
Called – (6)
75 Shabby (11)
76 Expanses of salt water (4) 77 Stalky vegetable (6)
DOWN
1 Declares anew (9)
2 Exiled Tibetan cleric (5,4)
3 Gap (5)
5 Deflect (5)
6 Female sheep (4)
7 1953 war film, – 17 (6)
8 Hatchet (3)
9 Defeats in sport (6)
10 Cabin (3)
11 Forces canteen service (inits) 12 Morning break (9)
13 Resuscitate (6)
18 Delivery vehicles (4)
21 Musical embellishment (7) 22 Stage and film musical (4) 24 Belonging to them (5)
27 Clear of blame (9)
30 Church gangway (5)
31 Capital of Laos (9)
33 Huge (4)
34 Deducts money or points
from (5)
35 Contraction (9)
37 Part of a play (3)
39 Loses fur (5)
43 American singer, – King
Cole (3)
44 Prolonged military
battle (5)
45 Sadly (4)
48 Pencil rubbers (7)
51 Blaspheme (5)
52 Astonished (9)
54 Prosecuted (4)
56 Story (9)
57 Exceedingly (9)
58 Owl’s cry (4)
61 Munched (6)
63 Chum (6)
64 Separated (6)
66 Canadian singer, –
Lavigne (5)
68 British actress, –
Redgrave (5)
69 Disgrace (5)
70 Employs (4)
72 Snake type (3)
73 Small portion (3)