£1000 Big Name Crossword
Solve the clues and the shaded squares will spell out words linking Halle Berry and Jackie kennedy, then call or text the numbers below with your prize words for a chance to win £1000.
ACROSS
1 Dismal (6)
4 Horn’s beep (4)
7 Quay (5)
10 Hogwarts caretaker, Argus – (5)
14 Fetid (6)
15 Return a blow (6,4)
16 Clothing for the lower limbs (7)
17 Celia –, British actress (5)
18 Country’s economic measure (1,1,1)
19 Oak, e.g. (4)
20 Act of getting rid of something (8)
23 Broadcast (8)
25 Capital of Japan (5)
26 Infuriate (6)
28 Relieving (6)
29 First batters (7)
32 Lassos (6)
34 Predicament (7)
36 Injures (6)
38 Diffuse (6)
40 Eagerly excited (4)
41 Anchor (4)
42 For a second time (5)
44 Takes small mouthfuls (4)
46 Bend out of shape (4)
47 Fundamental (6)
49 Fit to consume (6)
50 Frustrates (7)
52 Combat (6)
53 Eccentric (7)
55 Defoe’s castaway (6)
59 Grain (6)
60 Take an exam again (5)
62 Quick meal (4,4)
65 US girl group, The – Dolls (8)
67 Occasion for food (4)
68 Parent (3)
69 Weighed down (5)
71 Causes a train to leave its tracks (7)
73 Ravishing (10)
74 Require (6)
75 Humble (5)
76 Slopes (5)
77 Signals agreement (4)
78 Whips (6)
DOWN
1 Napkin (9)
2 Large African monkeys (9)
3 Elevate (5)
5 Dominant (2,3)
6 Flimsy (4)
7 Stoat-like mammal (6)
8 Biblical vessel (3)
9 Carry out (6)
10 Soft fruit (3)
11 Vegetables (5)
12 Bad luck, informally (4,5)
13 Warren –, US actor and filmmaker (6)
18 Deep wound (4)
21 Green broth (3,4)
22 Enter (2,2)
24 Snake poison (5)
27 Poor condition due to neglect (9)
30 Might (5)
31 In the act (3-6)
33 Mexican dish (4)
34 Sketches (5)
35 Take care of (4,5)
37 – Stubbs, Sherlock actress (3)
39 Tricks (5)
43 Quill tip (3)
44 Alloy (5)
45 Golf shot (4)
48 Cradle tune (7)
51 Superlative of bad (5)
52 Cycle in reverse (9)
54 Surety (4)
56 Marine creature (9)
57 Imperils (9)
58 Mutilate (4)
61 Speech or writing praising someone (6)
63 Former German leader (6)
64 Stringed instruments (6)
66 Mouselike mammal (5)
68 Heap (5)
69 Star sign (5)
70 Public school (4)
72 Woody climbing plant (3)
73 Water barrier (3)