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TRICKY CROSSWORD!
What connects Billie Eilish and Geoffrey Rush? Solve the crossword, then read down the shaded squares.
ACROSS
1 Clear and start again (5)
4 Without light (4) 6 __ Theron, actress (8) 13 John __, actor who voiced Sullivan in Monsters, Inc. (7) 14 Small nocturnal rodents with furry tails (7) 15 Obsolete, old-fashioned (5)
16 Called (4)
17 2009 film directed by James Cameron (6)
18 Autobiography (6)
20 Portent (4)
21 Starting point (5)
22 Continent (6)
25 Danger signal (3,5)
28 Scorched (6)
30 Nobody (2-3)
32 Death notice (8)
34 Fish hawk (6)
35 Jimmy __, comedian (4) 38 Dwellings (6)
39 Possessed (5) 40Women (6)
43 Press clothes (4)
44Put in order (4,2)
45 Brass instrument (8)
48 Instrument played by
Ray Charles (5)
49 Shellfish (6)
51 Country, capital Lisbon (8) 54 Respiratory disorder (6) 55 Musical speed (5)
56 Ballet skirt (4) 58 Recorded (2,4)
60Herb loved by felines (6) 61 Competent (4)
65 Short-legged dog (5)
66 Give strict instructions (7) 67 One who travels for pleasure (7)
68 Hit single by Paul Hardcastle (8) 69 __ Macfarlane, creator of Family Guy (4) 70 Edward __, English composer (5)
DOWN
1 Actor who starred in The Saint (5,5) 2 Mollycoddle (5-4) 3 Forthcoming Bond film, No __ To Die (4)
4 Eat a meal (4) 5 Brilliance (8)
7 Pay attention (4) 8 Misleading clue (3,7) 9 Musical opening,
in short (5)
10 Survive (6)
11 Valuable hoard (8)
12 Corsair, brigand (6)
19 Interferes (7)
23 Trial period (9)
24 Woman who inherits (7) 26 Crime drama series
starring Idris Elba (6)
27 Harvest (4)
29 Swiftness (8)
31 Words with the same meaning (8)
33 Singer who had a hit with The Lazy Song (5,4)
34 Confess or admit (3,2)
36 Edible crustaceans (7)
37 Welsh town near Swansea,
Port __ (6)
41 Of crucial importance (7) 42 __ Rabbit, recent film set
during World War II (4) 46 Pertinent (2,3,5)
47 English city on the River
Severn (10) 50 Swiss cheese (8)
52 Complaining (9)
53 Entire (8)
55 Hypnotic state (6)
57 Tropical bird with a colourful beak (6) 59 __ Egerton, actor who starred in Rocketman (5) 62 Eric __, comedian and member of Monty Python (4)
63 Irritating feeling (4)
64 Immense (4)
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