Jumbo Puzzle

Simply fill in the crossword (right) and read down the letters in the shaded squares to reveal a sweet condiment (5,5).

Across

1 Hired (6)

4 Accidental overflow(8) 9 Naturist (6)

14 Bold (9)

15 Surname of Australian singer Kylie (7)

16 Backstreet (5)

17 Fit of sulks(4)

19 Type of earrings(4‑2) 20 Occurring annually (6) 21 Items for hanging out laundry (4)

24 Smiled cheekily (7) 25 Made smaller (7) 27 Accommodation (at a meal) (7)

29 Saddest (10)

31 Electrical wire(5)

33 Go, leave (6)

36 Supply food (5)

38 Mild illness (7) 40 Broadcasts (9) 42 Increasing in length (9) 44 Porridge ingredient (7) 45 Kitchen strainer (5) 46 Balloon gas (6) 47 Permanent dirty mark (5)

48 People watching a sport (10)

53 Unspecified person (7) 54 Person who is studying (7)

55 Filling suitcases (7) 57 Secure container for the storage of valuables (4)

59 Tapering orange root vegetable (6)

61 Mean with money (6) 62 Farm building (4) 65 Narrow shelf (5)

66 Sudden urge (7) 67 Prescribed medication (9)

69 Population count (6) 70 Front row at a boxing match (8)

71 Desperately sad (6)

Down

1 Inconsiderate driver (4,3)

2 Head movement (3)

3 Design on metal (4)

5 Travel documents (9)

6 Drink made with a citrus juice (8)

7 Pester (5)

8 Country in the

United Kingdom (7)

9 ___to say, of course (8)

10 Tied match (4)

11 Discover the answer to (5)

12 Moved like a ball (6)

13 Power of vision (8) 18 Religious belief (5) 22 Concealed gunman (6) 23 Stroke gently (6)

26 Virtue (8)

28 Picture mentally (7) 29 Parent’s brother(5) 30 Sloping style of writing (6) 32 Measurement of liquid (5) 34 Tear down or break up (a building) (8)

35 Substance used to ward off vampires(6)

37 Completely (7)

39 Room illumination (5)

41 Fruit pips (5)

43 Body cell which processes information (6)

45 Grab suddenly (6)

46 In a croaky voice(8) 49 Allowed (9)

50 ___board, item used at seances (5)

51 Triangular solid figures (8) 52 Sore skin swellings (8) 54 Tool for removing ice from windscreens (7)

55 Young porker (6) 56 Pertaining to origin, especially human heredity (7)

58 Soft, buttery sweet (5)

60 Bird’s sharply hooked claw (5)

63 Row of houses converted from stables (4)

64 Distant twinkler in the sky(4)

68 Food item which can be cracked (3)