Jumbo Puzzle
Simply fill in the crossword (right) and read down the letters in the shaded squares to spell out an eatery (10).
Across
1 Stimulate, stir up (6) 4 Ship’s brake (6) 8 Receiving willingly (9) 14 Letters for abroad (7) 15Be prepared(5,2) 16 Disrobe, strip (7) 18 Able to read minds (10) 19 Small plastic packet, eg for shampoo (6) 20 Habitual (5) 22 Shout ‘hurrah’ (5) 24 Soft indoor shoe(7) 25 Spot or mark which is difficult to remove(5) 27 Jack___, nursery rhyme (5) 30 Totally accurate (5) 33 Join forces (5) 36 Person good at everything (3-7) 37 X or Y genetic structure (10) 39 Tension, anxiety (6) 42 Body’s ‘pumping’ organ (5) 43 Invented, imaginary(4,2) 45 Place where medicinal plants are grown(4,6) 46 Outfit for church? (6,4) 47 Unhappily (5) 51 Course of therapy following addiction(5) 53 School subject, for short (5) 56 At the front (5) 58 Thing, object (7) 59 Aunt’s husband (5) 62 Showbiz glamour (5) 63 Spider’s snare (6) 64 Tittering (10) 67 Result of an action(7) 70 ___roulette, deadly game (7) 71 Coarse gravel on the beach (7) 72 Wonderful (9) 73 Discrimination by gender (6) 74 Shredded into small pieces (6)
Down
1 Stretchable rubber cord (7) 2 Ocean’s reef material (5) 3 People who snare animals (8) 5 Opposite of ‘nicest’ (8) 6 Body part above the neck (4) 7 Coloured floor covering for a VIP(3,6) 8 No place in particular(8) 9 Kent or Cumbria, eg (6) 10 Shin protector(3) 11 Solid water (3) 12 American term for petrol (8) 13 Rattling sound of cutlery or crockery(7) 17 Redo exams (5) 21 Big cat (4) 23 Pretty British girl with a fair complexion (7,4) 25 Gently move your hand across (6) 26 Concerning the air and the weather (11) 28 Straitlaced person (5) 29 South American mountains (5) 31 Food smell (5) 32 Protruding belly (6) 33 Dirty ragged children(7) 34 Sick person (7) 35 Overwhelming joy(7) 38 Next in sequence after seventh (6) 40 Admiration (6) 41 Duchess of York’s first name (5) 43 Craze, obsession (5) 44 End of life (5) 48 Women stars of stage or screen (9) 49 Be without (4) 50 Dismiss with a jest (5,3) 52 Very cruel, brutal(8) 53 Definitions (8) 54 Cover for a spouted vessel (3,4) 55 Better (8) 57 Roof space (5) 60 Boffin, brainbox (7) 61 Regional style of pronunciation (6) 65 Block of gold (5) 66 Unruly young girl (4) 68 Container for baked beans (3) 69 Roe (3)