THE JUMBO PUZZLE
ACROSS
1 Big redundancy payment (6,9)
9 Parrot (5)
12 Large house (7)
13 Compass point (5)
14 Sealed container (3)
16 See 63 Down
17 Japanese rice dish (5)
18 Great surprise (12)
19 Countless amount (6)
21 Forecast (7)
24 Chest pain (6)
26 Prompt (3)
28 Twin brother of Jacob in the Old Testament (4)
30 Evening meal (3)
31 Special talent (1,6)
32 Shrub also called a butterfly bush (8)
34 Opposite in nature (8)
35 See 52 Down
36 Giants (5)
40 and 71 Across Vicky in Butterfly – last Sunday, ITV (4,5)
41 Admirer (5)
42 See 64 Down
43 Appointment (4)
44 and 9 Down Zoe in Bad Move – last Wednesday, ITV (5,7)
46 Against (4)
47 See 53 Across
51 Untidy woman (8)
53 and 47 Across Rosa Parks in Doctor Who – last Sunday, BBC1
(7,8)
54 See 4 Down
55 Silvery-white metal; symbol Zn (4)
57 Cereal plant (3)
58 One appointed to govern a country because the monarch is unavailable (6)
60 Put in alignment (5,2)
65 Large plate or tray usually made of silver used to display or serve food or other items (6)
66 Beginning (12)
68 Make sense (3,2)
71 See 40 Across
72 See 3 Down
73 Opts for (5) 74 Scholarly (7)
75 Jumps (5)
76 Obvious (4,11)
DOWN
1 School sports lesson
(5)
2 Connects (5)
3 and 72 Across Sally in Strangers – last Monday, ITV (6,3)
4 and 54 Across Victoria in Trust – last Wednesday, BBC2
(6,3)
5 Relentless (3,4)
6 Strictness (10)
7 Powdery residue following a fire (5)
8 Roughly calculate (8)
9 See 44 Across
10 See 70 Down
11 Acts of taking money out of an account
(11)
15 Number opposite the
15 on a standard dartboard (4)
20 See 38 Down
22 Object of worship (4)
23 Full of emotion (8,4)
24 Helps (4)
25 Verse (6)
27 Impressive event (12)
29 Cold desserts (7)
33 Lower limb (3)
34 Major watercourse also called the Zaire River (5)
37 Consumed (5)
38 and 20 Down Host of For Facts Sake – last Monday, BBC1 (7,8)
39 Abdicated (8)
43 Reject (6)
44 Suspicious (11)
45 Destiny (3)
48 Achievement (4)
49 Large predatory feline mammal (4)
50 Bullseye (4,6)
52 and 35 Across Female presenter of Family Cooking Showdown – last Tuesday, BBC2 (9,4)
56 Culminates (8)
59 Styli (7)
61 Exercise done to improve upper body strength (5-2)
62 Devour greedily (4)
63 and 16 Across Elizabeth in The Cry – last Sunday, BBC1
(6,5)
64 and 42 Across Eunice in Black Earth Rising – last Monday, BBC2 (6,5)
67 Belly button (5)
69 Wild dog native to Australia (5)
70 and 10 Down Gabe in Informer – last Tuesday, BBC1 (5,9)