THE JUMBO PUZZLE
ACROSS
1 Compassion (4-11) 9 Groom (5) 12 Foxlike (7) 13 and 17 Across Christina in National Treasure - last Tuesday, Channel 4 (5,5) 14 Anger (3) 16 Active (5) 17 See 13 Across 18 Not striking (12) 19 Period of 10 years (6) 21 and 22 Down Denise in Damned - last Tuesday, Channel 4 (7,4) 24 Do without (6) 26 Witch (3) 28 Behind (4) 30 Period (3) 31 Come in again (2-5) 32 Tangled (8) 34 See 42 Across 35 Sour (4) 36 and 38 Down Vincent Mann in Morgana Robinson’s The Agency - last Monday, BBC2 (5,7) 40 Slipper (4) 41 Sculpt (5) 42 and 34 Across Zaroon Hanif in Doctors - last Monday, BBC1 (5,8) 43 See 39 Down 44 and 58 Across Duke of Sussex in Victoria - last Sunday, ITV (5,6) 46 Square root of 16 (4) 47 Automobile (8) 51 Sold (8) 53 Genteel (7) 54 Frozen water (3) 55 and 1 Down Rachel Castello in Ripper Street - last Monday, BBC2 (4,5) 57 Star round which the
earth orbits (3) 58 See 44 Across 60 Son of Lancelot and
Elaine (7) 65 and 43 Down Marie Lane in Our Girl last Wednesday, BBC1 (6,6) 66 Resort city in
California, US (5,7) 68 Assistants (5) 71 Delightful (5) 72 Allow (3) 73 See 10 Down 74 Unrest (7) 75 Medicated (5) 76 Quantity added to something (15)
DOWN
1 See 55 Across 2 Synthetic fabric (5) 3 Altitude (6) 4 Street (6) 5 Trying (7) 6 Let down (10) 7 Popular name for the machine that picks the winning 23 Down (5) 8 Unmarried older woman (8) 9 Dummy medicine (7) 10 and 73 Across Delwen Thompson in Holby City - last Tuesday, BBC1 (9,5) 11 Actress who starred as Meg Richardson in ITV soap Crossroads (5,6) 15 Covetousness (4) 20 Charm (8) 22 See 21 Across 23 National Savings and Investments securities entered in regular draws for cash prizes (7,5) 24 Renown (4) 25 Stylus (6) 27 1993 romcom starring Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell adapted as a West End musical in 2016 (9,3) 29 Affinity (7) 33 Mineral spring (3) 34 Underwater breathing apparatus (5) 37 Genus of plants with white, blue, purple or pink daisy-like flowers (5) 38 See 36 Across 39 and 43 Across DI Helen Morton in DCI Banks - last Wednesday, ITV (8,4) 43 See 65 Across 44 Released armed forces from active duty (11) 45 Annoy (3) 48 Mix (4) 49 Aquatic mammal (4) 50 Retreat (10) 52 Aide-memoires (9) 56 Disturbs (8) 59 Built (7) 61 Map (7) 62 and 63 Down Presenter of Street Auction - last Tuesday, BBC1 (4,6) 63 See 62 Down 64 Spicy fried triangular or tetrahedral filled pastry (6) 67 Type of jazz originating in the 1940s in the US (5) 69 State of the UAE (5) 70 Shine (5)