THE JUMBO PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 See 83 Across 10 Made less tense (7) 14 Constellation containing the star Betelgeuse (5) 15 and 86 Across Female co-presenter of Child Of Our Time - last Monday, BBC One (5,5) 16 Triangle whose sides

are unequal (7) 17 and 68 Down Presenter of Me And My Dog: The Ultimate Contest last Wednesday, BBC Two (5,7) 18 Distinguish (13) 21 Completely (3) 22 Imaginary line about which a body rotates (4) 23 Outcomes (7) 24 Stake (4) 25 Abandon (4) 28 Large group (4) 29 No (3) 30 See 31 Down 33 Pockets (8) 37 Satisfy (6) 38 and 50 Down Renee Bentley in Prime Suspect 1973 - last Thursday, ITV (4,5) 39 More solidly built (8) 42 Become apparent (6) 44 Either of the first two

batsmen in cricket (6) 46 Small bat (11) 49 Flexibility (11) 52 Having digits

connected by skin (6) 54 Chase (6) 56 Theatrical performer

(8) 59 and 85 Across Gemma Riley in Line Of Duty - last Sunday, BBC One (4,5) 60 Strike out (6) 61 See 45 Down 64 Seasoned minced meat stuffed in a casing (7) 66 Pouch (3) 70 Green citrus fruit (4) 71 Golf pegs (4) 73 Small particle (4) 74 Removes bones (7) 75 Score of nil in

tennis (4) 76 Significant (3) 78 and 72 Down Sir Henry in Benidorm last Wednesday, ITV (7,6,7) 83 and 1 Across Thyra in The Last Kingdom - last Thursday, BBC Two (5,5-4) 84 Suppose (7) 85 See 59 Across 86 See 15 Across 87 Business leader (7) 88 Makes known (9)

DOWN

1 Large terrestrial bird of the Old World (7) 2 Charm (8) 3 Flat (4) 4 Decorated (a cake) (4) 5 NATO alphabet code

word for G (4) 6 Cut into cubes (4) 7 Makes light of (10) 8 Sewed (8) 9 Undid (10) 10 Freshwater fish (4) 11 Rage (4) 12 and 40 Down Female host of Save Money: Good Food - last Tuesday, ITV (7,4) 13 Trained (7) 19 Longs (6) 20 and 82 Down Jamie Marshall in Vera last Sunday, ITV (6,4) 26 Not restrained (12) 27 Snake (6) 31 and 30 Across Presenter of Rowing: The Boat Races: 2017 - last Sunday, BBC One (5,7) 32 Government

departments (5,7) 34 Finished (4) 35 Organ of hearing (3) 36 Female animal (3) 37 Worry (4) 40 See 12 Down 41 Fools (6) 43 Develop gradually (6) 45 and 61 Across Margot BesteChetwynde in Decline And Fall - last night, BBC One (3,8) 47 Fish eggs (3) 48 Cease (4) 50 See 38 Across 51 Carry (4) 52 Deterioration (4) 53 Animal’s chest (6) 54 Friend (3) 55 Go quickly (3) 57 Racehorse, subject of a 2003 film starring Tobey Maguire (10) 58 Cabarets (10) 62 Beginning (6) 63 Slum area (6) 65 Part of a word (8) 67 Exercises performed

to music (8) 68 See 17 Across 69 Beer mug (4,3) 72 See 78 Across 77 Small insect (4) 78 Companion (4) 79 Nobleman (4) 80 Guard (4) 81 Pinches (4) 82 See 20 Down