GIANT CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Somerset cliffs (7,5)

7 Hydraulic press inventor (6)

11 Seth ___, Canadian comedy

actor (5)

15 1978 debut single by

Blondie (5)

16 Film industry based in

Mumbai (9)

17 Purchases of shares to gain

control of a company (9)

18 Scottish town overlooking the

Orkney Islands (6)

19 Predecessor of Vauxhall’s

Astra (8)

20 Kim Cattrall’s character in Sex

and the City (8)

24 Surname of Kinks brothers

Dave and Ray (6)

25 Ancient symbol of life (4)

27 Parliamentary peer who holds

high legal office (3,4)

28 Linda ___, star of The

Exorcist (5)

31 Miss Marple’s first name (4)

32 Capital city of French

Guiana (7)

33 South African currency (4)

34 Absorb (6)

38 Husband of Helena in All’s

Well That Ends Well (7)

40 Former singer with N-Dubz

and The X Factor judge (6)

41 Character portrayed by Leigh

Francis (5,5)

45 Jason ___, Forgetting Sarah

Marshall actor (5)

46 Variety of orchestral

percussionist (13)

48 Spirits of the dead in Roman

mythology (5)

49 1980s sitcom starring Peter

Bowles (3,7)

50 Surname of Ghost actor

Patrick (6)

52 Derek ___, 1980s/90s runner (7)

55 Elton John single (6)

58 First name of US actor Mr Hackman (4)

59 Sweet alcoholic beverage produced in

Germany (7)

60 Biblical brother of Ham and Japheth (4)

65 ___ Ramaphosa, President of South Africa (5)

66 1987 Los Lobos hit (2,5)

67 Fruiting spikes (of corn) (4)

68 Region of central Italy (6)

70 Greek philosopher sentenced to death for his

teachings (8)

71 Absurdity (8)

73 South African port on the Indian Ocean (6)

76 Bird with pinkish plumage and a short

thick bill (9)

78 1952 Charlie Chaplin/Claire Bloom film (9)

79 ___ de Jouy, fabric (5)

80 Famous Clapton composition (5)

81 Certifier of deeds (6)

82 1930s/40s ukulele-playing comedian (6,6)

DOWN

1 Source ___, 2011 Jake Gyllenhaal film (4) 2 Dutch city on the River Dommel (9)

3 Public unrest (8) 4 Cloth strip (6)

5 TV quiz hosted by Victoria Coren Mitchell (4,7) 6 Surname of Crystal Don’t It Make My Brown

Eyes Blue singer (5)

8 Singer of Maggie May and Sailing (3,7)

9 Night flyer (4)

10 Japan’s northernmost island (8)

11 1920s/30s Hollywood production company

(inits)(3)

12 Large breed of dog (5,4)

13 Ruth Jones’ character in Gavin & Stacey (5)

14 Italian violinist and Baroque composer (7)

21 Christian martyr executed in Verulamium (5)

22 Goldfinger’s Korean guardian (6)

23 Tree with smooth bark and hard tough

wood (8)

26 Hawaii’s capital (8)

29 Junior seamen (7)

30 Production of Ordnance Survey charts,

eg (3-6)

35 Brand-name scourer (6)

36 Surname of Paddy, Leader of the Liberal

Democrats 1988 to 1999 (7)

37 SE Asian food plant (9)

39 ___ Male, 1939 novel by Geoffrey

Household (5) 42 Greek letter, scientific symbol for

wavelength (6)

43 Matt ___, singer of My Kind of Girl (5) 45 The ___ Verses, Salman Rushdie

novel (7)

47 Horse race at Epsom (3,5)

51 Land of Hope and Glory composer (6,5)

53 Elizabeth Hurley’s son (6)

54 ‘Swerving’ cricketer (4,6)

56 Fife town between Dundee and

Edinburgh (9)

57 Large city in north-east Oklahoma (5)

61 Branch of alternative medicine (9)

62 First name of the poet Swinburne (8)

63 Swallows and Amazons author (7)

64 Almond-flavoured liqueur (8)

69 Princess in Swan Lake (6)

70 Ancient Greek prophetess (5)

72 Nick ___, Hulk actor (5)

74 Flight of steps leading down to the

river in India (4)

75 Dutch portrait painter (4)

77 Italian monk (3)