Jumbo Puzzle

Simply fill in the crossword (right) and read down the letters in the shaded squares to reveal an intuitive faculty (5,5)

Across

ACroSS

1 Bring goods in from abroad (6)

4 Modified slightly (8) 9 Overused phrase (6) 14 Marriage offers (9) 15 Spoil (yourself?) (7) 16 Entertainment form (5) 17 Open, spacious (4)

19 Six times 15 (6)

20 Tender, adoring (6) 21 Arrived, turned up (4) 24 Woman entertaining guests (7)

25 Army member (7)

27 Very ugly building (7) 29 Subsequently, next (10) 31 Deep-sea diving equipment (5)

33 Ship or container (6) 36 Part of a jacket (5) 38 Crack, narrow opening (7)

40 Killers (9)

42 Becoming less strong (9)

44 Tearing along (7)

45 Take an oath (5)

46 Idea, thought (6)

47 Thick, compact

(forest, for example) (5)

48 Cosmetic toning lotion (10)

53 Action that produces a vacuum (7)

54 Steal the show from (7) 55 Critical (7)

57 Ancient queen of Carthage (4)

59 ___ the Menace,

Beano character (6)

61 Raspberry___, icecream variety (6)

62 Officially ban (4) 65 Leonardo da___, artist (5)

66 Colin __ _ , Minority Report actor (7)

67 Fuss, rumpus (9)

69 Reached a high point (6) 70 All people (8) 71 Social or professional position (6)

Down

1 Accuse (the president) of a crime (7)

2 Instruction at the base of a page

(initials)(1,1,1)

3 Underground stem (4)

5 Supplied

(medicine) (9)

6 Vehicle often ridden by clowns in circuses (8)

7 ___wave, great surge of water (5)

8 Bring (goods, mail) (7) 9 Washed, purified (8)

10 Device for pressing clothes (4)

11 ‘Laughing’ scavenger animal (5)

12 Line drawn from the centre of a circle to the edge (6)

13 Goodbye, adieu (8) 18 Turn (a dial) back to zero (5)

22 Fuel derived from oil (6)

23 Move further and further away(6)

26 Grow (in size) (8) 28 Offensively indecent (7)

29 Give permission for (5) 30 Region around the North Pole(6)

32 Disney deer film (5) 34 Keepers of daily records (8)

35 Actress who played Helen in the 2004 film Troy, Diane __ _ (6)

37 Mouldable synthetic substance (7)

39 Large bird of prey (5) 41 Walk swaggeringly(5) 43 Mysteriously or alluringly foreign (6)

45 Wrong in God’s eyes? (6)

46 Steep downward plunge by an aircraft (8) 49 Fleecy coat material (9) 50 Chosen few (5)

51 Kept hungry (8)

52 Honest dealing (4,4) 54 Make uneasy (7) 55 Crunchy salad item (6) 56 King of the Jungle’s mate (7)

58 Twist, tango etc (5) 60 ___Coogan, TV’s

Alan Partridge (5)

63 Loop of a chain (4) 64 Exploitative sect (4) 68 Cooking grease (3)