THE JUMBO PUZZLE
ACROSS
1 Mythical creature of the Highlands (4,4,7) 9 Sprayed (5) 12 See 64 Down 13 Evening (5) 14 Moisture (3) 16 Sketches (5) 17 See 52 Down 18 Impossible to get (12) 19 Respiratory disorder (6) 21 Contrived (7) 24 Joined (6) 26 Fuss (3) 28 Biblical brother of Cain (4) 30 Organ of hearing (3) 31 Falls to the lowest point (7) 32 Christmas season (8) 34 Imprisoned (8) 35 Mount ----, active volcano on Sicily (4) 36 Pamphlet (5) 40 Deceive (4) 41 Dutch cheese (5) 42 and 5 Down Host of What Would Your Kid Do? - last Tuesday, ITV (5,7) 43 and 22 Down Dan in Trauma - last Monday, ITV (4,4) 44 Upper-storey room (5) 46 Norse god of mischief and destruction (4) 47 See 75 Across 51 Heat-resistant mineral (8) 53 Titter (7) 54 and 34 Down Greta in Holby City - last Tuesday, BBC1 (3,5) 55 Speech defect (4) 57 Fish eggs (3) 58 Element; symbol Ag (6) 60 State capital of Georgia, US (7) 65 Coiffure (6) 66 Roadside inn for travellers (12) 68 States (5) 71 Royal dynasty of England from 1485-1603 (5) 72 and 25 Down Sally in Shetland - last Tuesday, BBC1 (3,6) 73 Begin eating (3,2) 74 Attained (7) 75 and 47 Across DI Kip Glaspie in Collateral - last Monday, BBC2 (5,8) 76 Process of trying out new methods (15)
DOWN
1 Mislays (5) 2 Move slowly (5) 3 Plant with stinging hairs (6) 4 Immoral (6) 5 See 42 Across 6 Pessimism (10) 7 Member of a people of Rwanda and Burundi (5) 8 Mammal native to the Himalayas and China (3,5) 9 See 63 Down 10 Pasta in the form of long strings (9) 11 Breaking up of a group (11) 15 Disorderly (4) 20 Legal union (8) 22 See 43 Across 23 UFO (6,6) 24 Unpleasant (4) 25 See 72 Across 27 Sycophantically (12) 29 Breed of hunting dog of African origin (7) 33 Sailor (3) 34 See 54 Across 37 See 69 Down 38 See 49 Down 39 Not having a shiny finish (8) 43 Uneven (6) 44 Painkiller (11) 45 Frozen water (3) 48 Move slightly (4) 49 and 38 Down Charlie in Endeavour - last Sunday, ITV (4,7) 50 Powder used as cake topping (5,5) 52 and 17 Across Mumtaz Gani in Call the Midwife - last Sunday, BBC1 (9,5) 56 Immobilize (8) 59 Old (7) 61 Abbreviation (7) 62 Molten rock (4) 63 and 9 Down Gordon in Two Doors Down - last Monday, BBC2 (6,7) 64 and 12 Across Alinta in Clever man - last Sunday, BBC2 (6,7) 67 Make sense (3,2) 69 and 37 Down Joseph in McMafia - last Sunday, BBC1 (5,5) 70 Country in NE Africa; capital Khartoum (5)