£1000 Big Name Crossword
Solve the clues and the shaded squares will spell out words linking Janet Jackson and Amanda Plummer, then call or text the numbers below with your prize words for a chance to win £1000.
ACROSS
1 Star of the James Bond film Spectre (6, 5) 8 Actor who plays Jack Regan in 2012 film The Sweeney (3, 8) 14 Fundamental (5) 15 Average, standard (4) 16 Wanting too much (6) 17 Sent by mail (6) 18 Yield (4) 19 Allege (5) 20 Customary, conventional (11) 22 Business collaboration (11) 25 Ten decades (7) 27 Withdraw troops (7) 30 Courtroom dignitary (5) 31 Deserve (5) 33 Superficial wound (7) 36 Purplish red colour (7) 38 Bride’s partner (5) 40 Water-boiler (6) 41 Computer information (4) 43 Minstrel’s harp (4) 44 Reimburse (6) 45 Shameful failure (7) 46 Love deeply (5) 47 Rascal (5) 48 Keen (5) 52 Synchronised round of gunfire (5) 53 Clarify (7) 54 Folk (6) 55 Horse-breeding farm (4) 57 Highlander (4) 59 Bragged, boasted (6) 60 Light meal (5) 61 Scheme (7) 63 Low-ranking nobleman (7) 65 Ranges of ebb and flow (5) 67 Free of dirt (5) 69 Motorcycle attachment (7) 71 Air pilot’s compartment (7) 74 Get used to conditions (11) 77 Creative, inventive (11) 80 US thriller series starring Naomi Watts (5) 81 Welsh vegetable? (4) 82 Aft (6) 84 Business customer (6) 86 Church recess (4) 87 Go red (5) 88 Scotswoman known for playing Moira Dingle in Emmerdale (7, 4) 89 Spanish tennis player (6, 5)
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1 Give to charity (6) 2 Told a story (8) 3 Weighing little (5) 4 Small graceful deer (3) 5 Country with the capital New Delhi (5) 6 Art display centre (7) 7 Social caller (7) 9 Scent, fragrance (5) 10 Clever humour (3) 11 Prod gently (5) 12 Perceive by chance (8) 13 Not liable to tax (6) 21 Greek letter (5) 23 Locate (5) 24 Determination (7) 26 Unspoken (5) 28 All set to go (5) 29 Unprofessional (7) 30 Actor in This Life and Pirates of the Caribbean (4, 9) 32 English actress who famously played June Ackland in The Bill (6, 7) 34 Financial inducement (5) 35 Compel (5) 37 Safe for valuables (9) 39 Single-storey homes (9) 42 Modified (7) 43 School classes (7) 49 Setback in recovery (7) 50 Backbone (5) 51 Military tune (5) 52 Make longer (7) 56 Aunt’s husband (5) 58 Eccentric person (5) 62 Steel beam (5) 64 Unpaid, outstanding (5) 66 Tactful, diplomatic (8) 68 Furnished, kitted out (8) 70 Reuse waste materials (7) 71 Nearest (7) 72 Eight pints (6) 73 Disclose (6) 75 Florida resort (5) 76 Brush vigorously (5) 78 Mediterranean island (5) 79 Of birth (5) 83 Craggy Devon hill (3) 85 Historic period (3)