GIVE your brain a workout and win some cash. There’s £50 for the sender of the first correct Jumbo Crossword drawn from the postbag after the closing date of January 4. Just fill in the crossword and send it, with your name and address, to: Daily Star Jumbo Crossword, PO Box 12579, Sutton Coldfield, B73 9BU. Last week’s winner was Richard Moore, Marton, Middlesbrough.
ACROSS
1 See 11 Down
7 and 16 Across Job Scratchit in Upstart Crow – Christmas Day, BBC2 (4,8)
14 Cite (4)
15 Moving staircase (9)
16 See 7 Across
18 Gripped (4)
19 Self-importance (8)
20 See 76 Across
21 Retained (4)
23 Joined (3)
25 and 34 Down Terri in King Gary – last Sunday, BBC1 (5,8)
26 Ballpoint pen (4)
27 Unable to speak (4)
28 Hawaiian garland (3)
29 Jockey (5)
30 Sauce for meat (5)
31 Soon (4)
32 Excessive size (10)
34 Leafy vegetable (7)
38 Long ditch (6)
41 Thespians (6)
43 Get up (4)
45 Spending less (11)
46 Heavenly body (4)
47 Throws out (6)
49 Arab country (6)
51 Of a low quality (4)
53 City in Hampshire (11)
54 Mount ----, volcano (4)
57 See 77 Down
58 Unborn human (6)
62 Dwelt (7)
65 Curious (10)
67 and 85 Across Dev D’Cruz in Click and Collect – Christmas Eve, BBC1 (4,8)
68 Salivate (5)
69 Javelin (5)
70 Organ of hearing (3)
71 Unit (4)
72 Sour (4)
73 Berkshire horse racecourse (5)
74 Juvenile newt (3)
76 and 20 Across Agatha in Agatha and the Truth of Murder – last Sunday, Channel 5 (4,7)
78 Type of lettuce (7)
81 and 75 Down Jayne in Torvill & Dean – Christmas Day, ITV
(5,3,5)
84 Type of golf club (4)
85 See 67 Across
87 Type of musical (4,5)
88 Greek cheese (4)
89 See 18 Down
90 Depress (10)
DOWN
1 Fabric printing (5)
2 Employ (3)
3 Gemstone (4)
4 Blossom used to make wine (11)
5 Involved in (4)
6 Spotless (10)
8 Region (4)
9 Ridge (5)
10 Crust over wound (4)
11 and 1 Across Sister Frances in Call the Midwife – Christmas Day, BBC1 (4,10)
12 Male horses (9)
13 Racing dog (9)
17 The tenth month (7)
18 and 89 Across Mairead in The Young Offenders – last Sunday, BBC1
(6,4)
22 Vagueness (12)
23 Different means of communication (5)
24 Pulsate (5)
25 Ignites (6)
33 and 60 Down Wendy in Hold the Sunset – last Sunday, BBC1 (5,9)
34 See 25 Across
35 and 48 Down Megan in The ABC Murders – Boxing Day, BBC1
(7,5)
36 Garlic mayonnaise (5)
37 Immoral (4)
39 Logical (8)
40 Statement (12)
42 Paddle (3)
44 Encouraged (7)
48 See 35 Down
50 Large cat (5)
51 Snoop (3)
52 God of thunder (4)
55 Lavatory (6)
56 Art in a church (11)
59 Lived in again (10)
60 See 33 Down
61 Conscientiousness (9)
63 Topic (5)
64 Social occasion (5)
66 Mixed (7)
68 Mythical monster (6)
75 See 81 Across
77 and 57 Across Matron in The Midnight Gang – Boxing Day, BBC1
(5,6)
79 Famous school (4)
80 Delight (4)
81 Strikes a snooker ball into a pocket (4)
82 Bluish-grey metal (4)
83 US university (4)
86 Headgear (3)