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GIVE your brain a workout and win some cash. There’s £50 for the sender of the first correct Jumbo Crossword drawn from the postbag after the closing date of December 20. Just fill in the crossword and send it, with your name and address, to: Daily Star J
ACROSS
1 Female marching band leader (9) 10 When singers accompany prerecorded tracks (7) 14 and 26 Down Sally Quinn in My Mother and Other Strangers - last Sunday, BBC1 (5,12) 15 Big (5) 16 and 59 Across Kate Pearson in This Is Us - last Tuesday, Channel 4 (7,4) 17 Small area on a computer screen (5) 18 Undergarment worn with stockings (9,4) 21 Form of Jamaican pop music (3) 22 Rounded roof (4) 23 See 11 Down 24 and 58 Down Tim Evans in Rillington Place - last Tuesday, BBC1 (4,10) 25 Water-filled ditch (4) 28 See 68 Down 29 Timid (3) 30 Small square of rich chocolate cake (7) 33 Contemplate (8) 37 Discolours (6) 38 Edible starch (4) 39 Set of symptoms (8) 42 Rue (6) 44 Organisation (6) 46 Burrowing rodents of North America (7,4) 49 Flawless (11) 52 Venomous snakes (6) 54 Cloth (6) 56 Selflessness (8) 59 See 16 Across 60 Help (6) 61 Sorrow (8) 64 Without variation (7) 66 Sense of self (3) 70 Basic monetary unit of South Africa (4) 71 Arrive by plane (4) 73 Nobleman (4) 74 Scaly vertebrate (7) 75 Black marketeer (4) 76 Goal (3) 78 Quotation mark (8,5) 83 See 31 Down 84 Slight differences (7) 85 and 72 Down Parker Whitfield in Holby City - last Tuesday, BBC1 (5,7) 86 Wanderer (5) 87 Very great (7) 88 Fungus with a foul-smelling cap (9)
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1 Type of road surfacing (7) 2 See 62 Down 3 Endanger (4) 4 Playthings (4) 5 Juvenile newts (4) 6 Longing (4) 7 Cheats at poker and other games (4,6) 8 Comic verse naming the poem’s subject (8) 9 More favourable (10) 10 Retained (4) 11 and 23 Across Leyla Harding in Emmerdale - last Monday, ITV (4,7) 12 Waterproof cloth (7) 13 Imaginary line on the Earth’s surface (7) 19 Eventual outcome (6) 20 Lightweight bullet (6) 26 See 14 Across 27 Rich businessman (6) 31 and 83 Across Barry Biglow in Doctors last Tuesday, BBC1 (5,5) 32 Opening ceremony (12) 34 and 50 Down William Watt in In Plain Sight - last Wednesday, ITV (4,5) 35 Broadcast (3) 36 Consume (3) 37 Type of house (4) 40 Swarthy (4) 41 See 81 Down 43 Piece of cloth (6) 45 Prompt (3) 47 Termination (3) 48 South American country (4) 50 See 34 Down 51 Flesh of an animal (4) 52 Unit of area (4) 53 Maiden (6) 54 Craze (3) 55 Vehicle (3) 57 Meeting place (10) 58 See 24 Across 62 and 2 Down Max in Humans - last Sunday, Channel 4 (6,8) 63 Monotony (6) 65 20th-century Italian school of art (8) 67 Spanish cold soup (8) 68 and 28 Across Cathy Matthews in Coronation Street last Monday, ITV (7,4) 69 Cake eaten toasted and buttered (7) 72 See 85 Across 77 Soft cheese (4) 78 Small island (4) 79 Sparkling wine (4) 80 Roman god of war (4) 81 and 41 Down Female co-presenter of Christmas Kitchen last Wednesday, BBC1 (4,6) 82 Financial institution (4)