STARS & CROSSWORD

Put your feet up and have a go at this week’s puzzle

As a child, what did British actor Paterson Joseph want to be when he grew up? To find out, solve the crossword then read down the shaded squares to find the two-word answer.

ACROSS

11 Scottish city (6) 12 Exactly alike (9)

13 Feel sore (4)

14 Eye specialist (8)

15 Big cat (5)

16 Olympic throwing event (6) 17 Curl of hair (7)

18 Made shorter (11) 20 Irritate (5)

22 Large reptile (9)

24 Be sick (5)

28 King Arthur’s court (7) 29 Floated gently around (7) 32 Canadian province, Nova _ (6)

34 Cast out (8)

36 Brown sugar (8)

37 Torn (6)

39 Type of herb (7) 40 Umpire (7) 45 Microbes (5)

47 Very unhappy (9) 48 Long piece of academic writing (5) 51 Blending in with the surroundings (11)

53 Ice cream flavour (7) 55 Deer’s horn (6)

56 Aston _, football club (5) 58 Adolescent (8)

59 Blood vessel (4)

60 Give up (9)

61 Tells off (6)

DOWN 1 Light evening meal (6) 2 Fictional diarist (6,4) 3 Spanish city (7) 4 Autograph (9) 5 Cricket contest (4,5) 6 Male deer (4)

7 In short supply (6) 8 Folk tale featuring a genie (7) 9 High-pitched voice (8) 10 Ought to (6) 19 Offers (4)

21 Indian bread (4) 23 Red beetle with black spots (8) 25 Certainly (6) 26 Tooth treatment (4,5) 27 Abducted (9) 30 Flavour (5)

31 Pasta dish, _ cheese (8)

33 Large Greek island (5) 35 Previously (6) 38 Crumbly cheese (4) 41 Country in Central America (2,8) 42 Simon _, Hot Fuzz actor (4)

43 TV drama, The _ Tale (9) 44 Lifts (9) 46 Speaking indistinctly (8) 49 Dawn (7)

50 Of great strength or degree (7)

51 Crab star sign (6) 52 Uniform (6) 54 Meeting schedule (6) 57 Fibbed (4)

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