Mega CROSSWORD
✚ When complete, the shaded letters will reveal a well-known personality (see mystery clue below).
MYSTERY CLUE
26dn & 50ac. UK game-show host (7,5)
ACROSS
1 See upper-right photo (7)
5 Fire (4)
7 Frozen dessert (6)
11 and 71 Down South Island
glacier (5,5)
15 Make void or null (5)
16 Perform two chores at
the same time (9)
17 Gradually, bit by bit (9)
18 Bar bill (3)
19 Exact genetic replica (5)
20 Fate, destiny (3)
21 Bereaved spouse (5)
23 Distance to the
bottom (5)
25 Casual pedestrian (6-2)
27 Surf town west of
Hamilton (6)
29 Destructive insect (7)
33 Reflected sound (4)
35 Front (6)
36 Meat (5)
38 Rash person (7)
40 Bring on by
consequences (6)
41 Japanese dish (5)
43 Criminal (5)
45 Frequently (5)
48 and 53 Across Tongariro National Park volcano (5,7)
49 Sailing boat (5)
50 See Mystery Clue
51 Bookworm (6)
53 See 48 Across
56 Get hitched (5)
57 Worldwide (6)
58 Groom (4)
60 Produced naturally (7)
61 Youth of Greek myth who
perished due to his hubris (6)
63 French stick (8)
66 Consecrate (5)
68 Run away to 56 Across (5)
70 and 73 Down Famed
Indian mausoleum (3,5)
72 Clerical tasks (abbrev) (5)
74 Signal of assent (3)
76 Clever clogs (5,4)
79 Writer (9)
80 Love (5)
81 Citrus fruit (5)
82 Mother or father (6)
83 Frizzy hairstyle (4)
84 Fealty (7)
DOWN
1 Julius von ___, 19th century
explorer and geologist (5)
2 Small people-carrying
vehicle (7)
3 Open (8)
4 Stew containing okra (5)
5 Metal with symbol Ag (6)
6 Relax, take it easy (5)
8 Acorn tree (3)
9 Two-footed animal (5)
10 Cravat (3)
11 Wicked person (5)
12 Chopper (3)
13 Nothing (5)
14 Soft shade (6)
21 Great, fantastic (9)
22 Timepiece (5) 24 Cost (5)
25 Verse (4)
26 See Mystery Clue
28 Respectful or reverential fear (3)
30 Sensible (8)
31 Finish (6)
32 Sweet pepper (8)
34 Religious adherent of the Vedas (5)
36 Part of a golf course (7)
37 See lower-left photo (8)
39 Famous domed circular temple in Rome (8)
42 Taciturn, gloomy (9)
44 Ultimate state achieved in Buddhism (7)
46 Special gift (5)
47 Rudimentary stage
of anything (6)
52 Malarial fever (4)
54 Bicker (5)
55 Male relation (5)
57 Wildebeest (3)
59 Dilemma (8)
62 Dress (6)
64 Metallic kitchen wrap (7)
65 Gambling establishment (6)
66 Herb often matched with tomato (5)
67 Devil (5)
69 ___ Kightley, actor and director (5)
71 See 11 Across
73 See 70 Across
75 Personal journal (5)
77 Target (3)
78 Edge, rim (3)
79 Took first place (3)
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