THE JUMBO PUZZLE
■ Complete the Jumbo Puzzle and rearrange the shaded squares to reveal a hidden celebrity name.
ACROSS
1 Gate (10)
7 Therefore (4)
14 Overcast (4)
15 51-30 BC Queen of the Ptolemaic
Kingdom of Egypt (9)
16 Actress; title character in 1997
film Jackie Brown (3,5)
18 Type of house (4)
19 See 49 Across
20 Hand over (7)
21 E in the phonetic alphabet (4) 23 Strike (3)
25 Asian republic; capital
Damascus (5)
26 Poker player’s stake (4) 27 Amphibian (4)
28 Consume (3)
29 Look after (5)
30 Free (5)
31 Very thin sheet of metal (4) 32 Canadian province; capital
Halifax (4,6)
34 Says again (7)
38 See 42 Down
41 See 2 Down
43 Beds (4)
45 1787 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
opera (3,8)
46 Stringed musical instrument (4) 47 and 68 Across Nicola Rubinstein in Coronation Street from 2017-19 (6,5)
49 and 19 Across DS Glenn Branson
in Grace (6,8)
51 and 77 Down Percussion and musical instrument expert on The Repair Shop (4,5)
53 General guideline (4,2,5) 54 Employed (4)
57 See 25 Down
58 Green (6)
62 Pastry filled with fruit (7) 65 Stimulation (10)
67 Unit of area equal to 4,840 square
yards (4)
68 See 47 Across
69 and 18 Down Chris Fischer in
The Bay (5,6)
70 Snake-like fish (3)
71 Country; capital: Havana (4) 72 Portent (4)
73 Circular (5)
74 Trap (3)
76 Again (4)
78 See 13 Down
81 Behind closed doors (2,6) 84 Denomination (4)
85 Texas mission where Davy
Crockett was killed in 1836 (3,5) 87 See 17 Down
88 Bitter dispute (4)
89 Lengthy (4)
90 Distracts (10)
DOWN
1 Fruit-bearing tree of the rose
family (5)
2 and 41 Across John Palmer in The
Gold (3,6)
3 Platform (4)
4 Affected by an extreme tendency
to fall asleep (11)
5 Dutch cheese (4)
6 Developed in detail (10)
8 Back part of the foot (4)
9 Genre of fiction about future
events (3-2)
10 Unwanted plant (4)
11 Gemstone (4)
12 See 66 Down
13 and 78 Across Cathy Hope in
Emmerdale (9,7)
17 and 87 Across Dr. Leanne
Balcombe in Unforgotten (7,9) 18 See 69 Across 22 High-altitude cloud (12) 23 Solid-hoofed quadruped (5) 24 Topic (5)
25 and 57 Across Ray Tiernan in
Harry Wild Investigates (6,6) 33 Rule (5)
34 Men’s professional golf competition between the USA and Europe (5,3)
35 Flamboyance (7)
36 Excuse (5)
37 Rescue (4)
39 Largest city in Turkey (8) 40 Impossible to reach (12)
42 and 38 Across Lost Voice Guy;
Kiefer in Jerk (3,6)
44 Sonorous (7)
48 Bury (5)
50 Number of players on a korfball
team (5)
51 Green vegetable (3)
52 Manager (4)
55 Oozed (6)
56 Slowed down (11)
59 Vaccinated (10)
60 Head servant (5-4)
61 Home to the Meridian Line at the
Royal Observatory (9)
63 Citified (5)
64 Heron (5)
66 and 12 Down Iain Dean in
Casualty (7,9)
68 Despot (6)
75 Painting-stand (5)
77 See 51 Across
79 Wild mountain goat (4)
80 Fixed look (4)
81 Symbol on a computer
screen (4)
82 Finishes (4)
83 Yarn woven across the width of a
fabric (4)
86 Part of a curve (3)