£1000 Big Name Crossword
Solve the clues and the shaded squares will spell out words linking DAVID BECKHAM and ALFRED HITCHCOCK, then call or text the numbers below with your prize words for a chance to win £1000.
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1 Naval construction sites (9) 1 Fires (5) 6 1980 John Hurt film, 2 Vast (7)
The – Man (8) 3 Star Wars guru (4) 10 Sugar-dusted sweet (6) 4 Clergy member (6) 15 Funny (7) 5 Rational behaviour (6) 16 Sprite (5) 6 Cartoon character, – Fudd (5)
17 Mild sarcasm (5) 7 Transitory (9) 18 Indian capital, New – (5) 8 Classic children’s novel by 19 Subside (4) Johanna Spyri (5)
9 Middle of the day (8) 20 Scoundrel (6)
11 Betting chances (4) 21 Continue (8)
12 Woollen hood (9) 22 Highest point (4)
13 Ingenuousness (7) 25 Afternoon sleep (6)
14 The words of a song (6) 26 Songbird (4)
23 Fixed allowances (8) 28 Melt away (9)
24 Showed sympathy (6) 29 Supports for cricket bails (6)
25 Figure out (4) 31 Reside (4)
27 Shorter fictional work (7) 32 Famous person (8)
30 Sad (7) 36 Farmyard birds (4)
33 Not illuminated (5) 37 Emaciated (8)
34 Pines (6) 39 US singer, actress and record
35 Remain (4) producer, – Ross (5)
38 Monetary unit of Sweden 42 Unmasks (7) and Iceland (5) 44 Of the lungs (9) 40 Deep down (2,5) 46 Make harder (7) 41 Device for warming a 48 Rendezvous (5) room (6) 50 Clothing for adult males (8) 43 1916 battle site (5)
51 King of Mercia (4) 44 Lady Marmalade singer (4) 53 Inclement marine 45 Sleazy character (7)
conditions (5,3) 47 Undo or untie (8) 55 Civil disturbance (4) 49 Polynesian island (6) 57 Sleeping sickness vector (6) 52 Depend (4) 59 Fractious (9) 54 Not disordered or
disturbed (9) 61 Ex-footballer, – Cantona (4)
56 Femur (9) 62 Close at hand (6)
58 Made with yeast (8) 66 Dolts (4)
59 Admire greatly (7) 67 Ordinal number (8)
60 Place in NW England (6) 69 Daft (6)
63 Goes back on a promise (7) 70 British author, – Blyton (4)
64 The beginning (6) 74 Small island (5)
65 Bowed stringed 75 Possessed (5) instrument (6) 76 Giants (5) 68 Gentle push (5) 77 Couch for relaxing on (7) 69 Walk proudly (5) 78 First-born (6) 71 Mournful song (5) 79 Follower (8) 72 US singer, – Redding (4) 80 Nashville’s location (9) 73 Rough fibre (4) Big Name Crossword solutions in next Saturday’s Daily Mirror