Mega CROSSWORD

✚ When complete, the shaded letters will reveal a well-known personality (see mystery clue below).

MYSTERY CLUE

1ac & 5ac.

Reality TV personality (7,4)

ACROSS

1 See Mystery Clue

5 See Mystery Clue

7 Arctic plains (6)

11 Short and portly (5)

15 Warn (5)

16 Maze (9)

17 Unpaid helper (9)

18 Vulgar youth (3)

19 Enthusiasm, verve (5)

20 Foodstuff often served

with chips (3)

21 Gem weight

measurement (5)

23 1970s music style (5)

25 Brief rest (8)

27 Scary movie genre (6)

29 Field (7)

33 Fortune (4)

35 Thinly populated (6)

36 Egg-shaped (5)

38 Devoted, ardent (7)

40 See lower-left photo (6)

41 Wild West ravine (5)

43 Irritated (5)

45 Serpent (5)

48 System of belief (5)

49 Turn outwards (5)

50 Jousting stick (5)

51 Handy (6)

53 Beans and peas (7)

56 & 72 Across NZ crime author (5,5)

57 Span (6)

58 Orchard fruit (4)

60 Syrup (7)

61 Useful device (6)

63 Book introduction (8)

66 Athlete’s foot (5)

68 Song verse (5)

70 Male sheep (3)

72 See 56 Across

74 Type of long-life milk (1,1,1)

76 Cosmetic (3,6)

79 Dissonance, harsh sound (9)

80 Push up, increase (5)

81 Alluring, seductive woman (5)

82 Gas essential to life (6)

83 Network or net (4)

84 Game of chance (7)

DOWN

1 Substantial (5)

2 Shake (7)

3 Take to court (8)

4 Book of maps (5)

5 Hair tie (6)

6 Preserved (5)

8 Expression of disgust (3)

9 Scuba sportsperson (5)

10 Tool for piercing holes (3)

11 Church council (5)

12 Mineral source (3)

13 Trunk of the body (5)

14 Hidden marksman (6)

21 Rust (9)

22 See upper-right photo (5)

24 Work break (5)

25 Invoice (4)

26 Burst apart violently (7)

28 Single (3)

30 Racing car (8) 31 Permitted under

Jewish law (6)

32 Husband of our mystery

celebrity (3,5)

34 Packing box (5)

36 The Moor of Venice (7)

37 Broken down due to

old age (8)

39 Globally prevalent

disease (8)

42 Sluggish, lacking energy (9)

44 Less aged (7)

46 Entertain (5)

47 Central American wild cat (6)

52 Without charge (4)

54 Gather slowly (5)

55 Expand (5)

57 Apiary insect (3)

59 Letters of a language (8)

62 Straight, unswerving (6)

64 Type of sugar (7)

65 Without bumps (6)

66 Lock of hair (5)

67 Pale, wan (5)

69 Noisy and disorderly (5)

71 Pancake syrup (5)

73 Monarch (5)

75 Shabby (5)

77 Make a mistake (3)

78 Pair (3)

79 Snooker stick (3)

Solution next week