Books & Puzzles
what did actress Gwyneth paltrow say she would order for her last meal, should she ever be in a position to order it? Solve the crossword, then read down the shaded squares.
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11 Fiction writer (8) 12 Substance needed to make booze brew (5) 13 Performer with equal top billing (2-4) 14 Pitch a tent (4) 15 Room for cooking (7) 16 Entitled and suitable, perhaps to be a husband (8) 17 Official tourist guide (7) 18 Swimmer’s breathing aid (7) 19 Ensnare (4) 21 Hang around for in readiness (5) 23 Game that needs a 39 across or two (7) 24 Made a getaway (7) 28 Castle’s watery ditch (4) 29 Black gold from a well (3) 30 Up to date (6) 33 Type of motorbike (7) 35 The briny (3) 36 Large black bird (4) 38 Small car (4) 39 Actor’s lead-in line (3) 40 Shake up (7) 42 Prickly desert plant (6) 43 Gear (3) 44 Defrost (4) 48 Home of the Pope (7) 50 Filled pasta cases (7) 51 Sweet stuff from a hive (5) 54 Bucket (4) 56 Pardoned (7) 57 Mode, style (7) 60 Slight wetness (8) 61 Ran and had control of a meeting (7) 63 Opposite of alkali (4) 64 Erase (3,3) 65 The _____, TV quiz with Bradley Walsh (5) 66 Age at which you can first vote (8)
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1 Tuber, mashed or chipped (6) 2 Taste sometimes associate with 44 Down (10) 3 Preserved in vinegar (7) 4 Declare (5) 5 Ancient fable (4) 6 Grass-cutting machine (9) 7 Type of bacon (7) 8 Greek hero and tendon near the 20 Down (8) 9 Lend a hand (6) 10 Decorator’s alternative to emulsion paint (9) 18 Flaky weather (4) 20 Leg-to-foot connector (5) 22 Type of 10 Down hated by those removing it (8) 25 Pale orange fruit (7) 26 Temporary electricity supply failure (5,3) 27 Break to bits (5) 31 Board game played on a chessboard (8) 32 Loan to buy a house (8) 34 Art of paper-folding (7) 37 Part of a song or a poem (5) 41 Learned dexterity, aptitude (5) 44 Dental cleaning cream (10) 45 Mail-order book (9) 46 Part of a three-piece suit, called a vest in America (9) 47 Gentle and benevolent (4) 49 Sufficient (8) 52 55 Down at school; physics, biology or chemistry (7) 53 Wound dressing (7) 55 Tuition period (6) 58 Musical based on a Dickens story (6) 59 Colour associated with environmental concerns (5) 62 Pinnacle, very top (4)