THE JUMBO PUZZLE
ACROSS
1 Very friendly (5-5)
7 Highest adult male voice (4) 14 Organs of hearing (4) 15 Cosmetic treatments of the hands and nails (9)
16 Finds fault in small details (8)
18 Free from harm (4)
19 See 85 Across
20 See 31 Across
21 Wife of Zeus in Greek mythology (4) 23 Glass of beer (3)
25 Jeopardy (5)
26 and 53 Across DS Madeleine Dumas
in BBC1’S Death In Paradise (4,11) 27 Duelling sword (4)
28 Son of Kanga in stories by
AA Milne (3)
29 Soothes (5)
30 and 32 Across Host of BBC1
gameshow Catchpoint (5,10)
31 and 20 Across DCI Mcdonald in
ITV drama Mcdonald & Dodds (4,7) 32 See 30 Across
34 Become involved in (3,4)
38 Past geological period having
a glacial episode (3,3)
41 See 81 Down
43 Of sound mind (4)
45 Reborn (11)
46 and 24 Down Leila in ITV drama
series Flesh And Blood (4,5) 47 Fast-swimming marine molluscs (6) 49 and 68 Down James Bailey in
ITV soap Coronation Street (6,6) 51 Upper limbs (4)
53 See 26 Across
54 Containers for storing ashes (4) 57 Length (6)
58 Riddle (6)
62 Smears (7)
65 Skilled writers (10)
67 Asian country; capital Baghdad (4) 68 Evergreen shrub (5)
69 Sovereign (5)
70 Offence (3)
71 Rod (4)
72 Mark as dealt with (4) 73 Higher (5) 74 Non-professional (3) 76 District in the City of Westminster, London (4)
78 and 3 Down Dylan Keogh in
BBC1 drama series Casualty (7,4) 81 Region of Tanzania, Africa (8) 84 Quantity of sheets of paper (4) 85 and 19 Across Vanessa Woodfield
in ITV soap Emmerdale (8,8) 87 and 64 Down DI Karen Renton
in ITV drama series Liar (9,5) 88 Additionally (4) 89 Nobleman (4)
90 Seated on a horse with both feet adjacent (4-6)
DOWN
1 Form into a tight group (5) 2 Spot (3)
3 See 78 Across 4 Depresses (11) 5 Twelve months (4) 6 Hinged construction over a castle’s moat (10) 8 Disclose (4) 9 Last letter of the Greek alphabet (5) 10 Cosy (4)
11 Colour of unbleached linen (4) 12 Uneven (9)
13 Station wagon (6,3)
17 Area of level high ground (7) 18 Rascal (6)
22 Spat (12)
23 and 40 Down Jill in ITV drama series The Trouble With Maggie Cole (5,12) 24 See 46 Across
25 Visits in an impromptu manner (4,2) 33 Organs of smell (5) 34 Cultivated pelargonium (8) 35 Make more secure (7)
36 Feudal Japanese mercenary (5) 37 Paddles (4)
39 Official counts of a population (8) 40 See 23 Down
42 Narrow sea inlet (3)
44 US state; capital Phoenix (7) 48 Odd (5)
50 Requires (5)
51 Insect (3)
52 Inquires (4)
55 The most sore (6)
56 Used force on (6-5)
59 Cheese with bluish-green veins (10) 60 Gull whose name is imitative of its call (9)
61 Compute (9)
63 Register (5)
64 See 87 Across
66 Stalemate (7)
68 See 49 Across
75 Ventilated (5)
77 Overweight (5)
79 Thought (4)
80 Chief (4)
81 and 41 Across Keegan Baker in BBC1 soap Eastenders (4,6) 82 Derisive shouts (4)
83 Playing cards (4)
86 Male youth (3)