THE JUMBO PUZZLE
ACROSS
1 Actor who plays Rash Masum
in Casualty (4,5)
6 Using powers of ten (7)
10 Rank of nobility in the United
Kingdom (7)
11 Actress who plays Birdy in
BBC drama Everything I Know About Love (3,6)
12 Someone who is employed as
a cook (4)
14 Deal with (6)
15 Wizard (8)
16 Old Testament book (3)
20 Benefits (6)
22 Crockery item used for brewing
a hot beverage (6)
24 Relaxed and unofficial (8) 26 Alleviate (4)
27 Squad (4)
28 See 59 Down
30 Cleaned with a broom (5) 31 Headway (8)
35 Presenter (4)
36 Book collections (9)
38 Still (4)
39 and 19 Down Actress who plays
Gail Platt in Coronation Street (5,5) 42 Contrition (10)
43 Slapstick comedy item (7,3)
45 and 48 Across Actor who plays DCS Ian St Clair in BBC drama Sherwood (5,9)
47 Terminates (4)
48 See 45 Across
51 Occasion (4)
54 Sci-fi sitcom starring Craig Charles
and Chris Barrie (3,5) 56 Accumulate (5)
58 Salvage (6)
60 Applications (4)
61 Opposed to, informally (4)
62 Building with revolving sails that generate power to grind corn into flour (8)
65 Protective hat used for riding
a bicycle, for example (6) 66 Arranged in twos (6)
71 Look at carefully or warily (3) 72 Music writer (8)
73 Stamina (6)
74 Snake sound (4)
76 Widespread (9)
77 Picture to oneself (7) 78 Conclusions (7)
79 Improvised rap (9)
DOWN
1 Necessary (7)
2 Heron relatives that have mainly
white plumage (6)
3 Treats with drugs (9) 4 Embarrassed (10)
5 Pen points (4)
6 US monetary unit (6)
7 Biscuit (6)
8 The ultimate amount people aim to win on a quiz show hosted by Jeremy Clarkson (7) 9 Attack verbally (3,4)
13 Coin side (5) 16 and 68 Down Fifty Shades Of Grey actor who also starred in BBC series The Tourist (5,6) 17 Beaks (5)
18 Jump about playfully (6)
19 See 39 Across
21 Spanish woman (8)
23 Jail term (8)
24 Impersonation (10)
25 Move as a liquid does (4)
29 Work for (5)
32 Bitterly regret (3) 33 Uncontaminated (7)
34 Serious and important (10) 37 Repeat (7)
40 More spirited (8)
41 Bobby pin (8)
44 School furniture items (5) 46 Warzone hazard (1,1,1) 49 Surrenders (6)
50 Black cab (4)
52 Artist’s tool used to support
a canvas or board (5)
53 Actor who plays Bert Large in
ITV comedy Doc Martin (3,7) 54 See 75 Down
55 Waltz (5)
57 UK girl group whose members included Frankie Bridge and Rochelle Humes, The _ (9)
59 and 28 Across Actor who plays Jai Sharma in ITV soap Emmerdale (5,6)
63 Jungle knife (7)
64 Confined (7)
67 Mo Farah, say (7)
68 See 16 Down
69 Jeans (6)
70 Epitomise (6)
75 and 54 Down Actor whose roles have included Silas in Hollyoaks and Geoffrey in The Durrells (4,5)