£1000 Big Name Crossword
Solve the clues and the shaded squares will spell out words linking WHOOPI GOLDBERG and SEAN CONNERY, then call or text the numbers below with your prize words for a chance to win £1000.
ACROSS
1 With great affection (6) 4 Happy and pleased (4)
7 - Albert Hall (5) 10 Fret (5) 14 Actor, – Carlyle (6) 15 Explosive device (6,4) 16 Gruelling (7)
17 Aussie singer, – Goodrem (5) 18 Household fuel (3)
19 Jump over a rope (4) 20 Container for magnetic
tape (8) 23 Most advanced group or
position (8) 25 Deserves (5) 26 Diffuse (6) 28 Room for manoeuvre (6) 29 Audible range (7) 32 Moderately (6) 34 Uttermost (7) 36 Bad-tempered (6) 38 Architectural style (6) 40 Heap (4)
41 Set of actors (4) 42 Bravery award (5) 44 Pig sound (4) 46 Character in sitcom
Cheers (4) 47 Identifying uniform (6) 49 Antelope type (6) 50 Rowers (7) 52 Period of instruction (6) 53 Lacking taste (7) 55 Expresses an opinion (6) 59 More likely than not (4-2) 60 Type of syrup (5) 62 Second self (5,3) 65 Grating or rough (8) 67 Close friend (4) 68 Month (3) 69 Moderate coldness (5)
71 Stress (7) 73 Final outcome of a
process (3,7) 74 Agree (6) 75 Cocktail, – Nail (5) 76 Premature (5) 77 1988 film with Holly Hunter,
Broadcast - (4) 78 Washes out (6)
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1 Recklessly bold person (9) 2 Emergency response
vehicle (9) 3 Insect grub (5) 5 City in North England (5) 6 Information (4)
7 Army recruit (6) 8 Aggressive youth (3) 9 South American
mammals (6) 10 Marry (3)
11 Perch (5) 12 Danny Boyle film from
2019 (9) 13 Jail (6) 18 US politician, Al - (4)
21 Female voice (7) 22 Sacks (4) 24 Employment (5) 27 Creature found in soil (9) 30 Town in Berkshire (5)
31 Complaints investigator (9) 33 Second Greek letter (4) 34 Evict (5) 35 Shown on TV (9) 37 Limb (3) 39 Curry spice (5) 43 Meadow (3) 44 Mammal known as a zebra
giraffe (5) 45 Inert gas (4) 48 Wild and disorderly (7)
51 Indian monetary unit (5) 52 Take care of (4,5) 54 In a lazy manner (4) 56 Poverty (9) 57 Burns without flame (9) 58 Confederate (4)
61 Respect highly (6) 63 Take retribution (6) 64 Made or done badly (6) 66 Tears violently (5) 68 Parrot type (5) 69 Prickly plants (5) 70 Norse god (4) 72 Freezing (3) 73 Make a mistake (3)