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hat does actor Jodie Whittaker say she wished she hadn’t done as a teenager? Solve the crossword, then read down the shaded squares.
ACROSS: 11 Apres-ski 12 Ochre 13 Atomic 14 Adze 15 Ellipse 16 Entrants 17 Trooper 18 Tea room 19 Heel 21 Debit 23 Breaker 24 Escorts 28 Oily 29 Etc 30 Old age 33 Framing 35 Gas 36 None 38 Stag 39 Urn 40 Bracket 42 Held up 43 Ebb 44 Wipe 48 Batsman 50 Expense 51 Fiend 54 Visa 56 Piebald 57 Stopgap 60 Disagree 61 Acrobat 63 Race 64 Tureen 65 Stout 66 Deepness DOWN: 1 Spider 2 Generosity 3 Ushered 4 Yield 5 Coup 6 Shoelaces 7 Develop 8 Pastimes 9 Potash 10 Sixteenth 18 Tram 20 Brace 22 Emigrate 25 Organic 26 Bean curd 27 Bough 31 Describe 32 Underpin 34 Magnets 37 Inept 41 Beast 44 Whispering 45 Malicious 46 Excavator 47 Weed 49 Apparent 52 Release 53 Stutter 55 Amazed 58 Accuse 59 Abide 62 Ritz
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11 Post-piste fun (5-3) 12 Yellow pigment (5) 13 Nuclear (6) 14 Carpenter’s tool (4) 15 Oval shape (7) 16 Competitors (8) 17 Cavalryman (7) 18 Small cafe (3,4) 19 Part of a foot (4) 21 Amount due (5) 23 Large wave (7) 24 Accompanies (7) 28 Greasy (4) 29 And so forth (abbrev)(3) 30 Senior years (3,3) 33 (Picture) mounting (7) 35 North Sea fuel (3) 36 Nil (4) 38 Male deer (4) 39 Large vase (3) 40Shelf support (7) 42 Delayed (4,2) 43 Abate (3) 44 Sponge off (4) 48 Striker at cricket (7) 50 Outlay, cost (7) 51 Demon, devil (5) 54 Entry permit (4) 56 Mottled (horse) (7)
57 Temporary measure (7) 60 Differ in opinion (8) 61 Circus gymnast (7) 63 Running competition (4) 64 Large soup dish (6) 65 Strong dark beer (5) 66 Distance downwards (8)
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