£1000 Big Name Crossword
Solve the clues and the shaded squares will spell out words linking VIRGINIA WADE and DARA Ó BRIAIN, then call or text the numbers below with your prize words for a chance to win £1000.
ACROSS
1 People at a funeral (8)
5 Christmas entertainment (9)
10 Make unhappy (6)
16 Evoking past style (5)
17 At this moment (4,3)
18 Informs (5)
19 Happening or located
inside (5)
20 Lass (4)
21 A lizard (6)
22 Caribou (8)
23 A continent (4)
26 Sudden forward motion (5)
28 South Ayrshire town with a
golf course (5)
29 Dung (6)
33 Small group (4)
34 Our world (5)
35 Of a monkey or ape (6)
39 Sudden blast of wind (4)
40 Evidence (5)
42 UK comedian, Shappi – (9)
45 Pen tips (4)
47 Front limb of an animal (7)
48 Heart-related (7)
49 Iridescent precious stone (4)
52 Vivacity (9)
53 In an upright position (5)
54 Camping structure (4)
57 Garment (1-5)
59 Glory (5)
60 Genesis singer, – Collins (4)
64 Develop gradually (6)
65 Suspends (5)
66 English actor, – Havers (5)
70 Posterior (4)
71 Kitchen devices (8)
72 Turkish capital (6)
75 Crossbar on a ladder (4)
79 Fashion (5)
80 New Zealander (5)
81 Stands idly (7)
82 Instruct (5)
83 Government assembly (6)
84 Rule by a small coterie (9)
85 Begin to play music (6,2)
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1 Flower (8)
2 Speak (5)
3 Inert gas (4)
4 Rearrange (5)
6 Type of book (6)
7 Frustrate (6)
8 Female family head (9)
9 Tuneful (9)
11 Amongst (4)
12 Extinct creature (8)
13 Chronicles (8)
14 Australian actress, –
Fisher (4)
15 Escort (5)
24 Fiend (5)
25 Uneasiness (7)
27 Geeks (5)
30 Italian cheese (3,5)
31 Small stream (5)
32 Unscrupulous (7)
36 Citizen of Kampala (7)
37 Bargain (4)
38 Removes bones from (7)
41 Flute player (8)
42 Children (4)
43 Make an entreaty to (7)
44 Faculty head (4)
46 An enticement (4)
50 Not playing an active part (7)
51 Ranked competitors (5)
55 Dallas character, J R – (5)
56 Express a view (5)
58 Poisonous fungus (9)
59 English town (9)
61 Mental disorder (8)
62 Use in moderation (2,4,2)
63 Admiral’s vessel (8)
67 Mild Indian dish (5)
68 Stableman (6)
69 Disappear (6)
73 Avid (4)
74 Restore to zero (5)
76 Customary practice (5)
77 Cult (4)
78 Prehistoric ‘iceman’ found in
the Alps (4)