THE JUMBO PUZZLE
■ Complete the Jumbo Puzzle and rearrange the shaded squares to reveal a hidden celebrity name.
ACROSS
1 British army rank immediately
above brigadier (5,7) 7 Cormorant-like bird (4) 11 Newly formed company (5-2) 12 Seasoned liquid mixtures in
which food is soaked (9) 13 Muslim legal expert (5) 15 Sounds (6)
16 Debasing (12)
20 See 50 Down
22 Feudal tenant (6)
24 Make more courageous (8) 26 Succulent plant (4)
28 Capital of West Germany from
1949 to 1990 (4)
29 See 18 Down
31 See 74 Across
32 Wickedness (8)
35 Ordinal number; pearl wedding
anniversary (9)
37 Roman emperor from 53-68
AD (4)
38 Fourth letter in the Greek
alphabet (5)
41 Disc used as a moving target in
sport shooting (4,6)
42 1979 UK No. 1 single by Anita
Ward (4,2,4)
44 Appropriate (5)
46 Yarn woven across the width of
a fabric (4)
47 Said the same thing using
different words (9)
52 _ da Vinci, painter of the Mona
Lisa (8)
54 Most crowded (7)
56 Writing desk (6)
58 Wealthy (4) 59 Sparkling white Italian wine (4) 60 Dejected (8)
62 Chess piece (6)
63 Real (6)
68 Offspring of one’s husband or
wife by a previous marriage (12) 70 Gentle breeze (6)
71 Trusses (5)
73 See 49 Down
74 and 31 Across Lorelei in The
Secrets She Keeps (7,7) 75 Condiment (4)
76 Landmark of Rome, Italy (7,5)
DOWN
1 Third largest city on the island
of Sicily (7)
2 and 19 Down Jackie in
Breeders (6,5) 3 Large gun dog (9)
4 Squeezing out (10)
5 and 30 Down Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen in House of the Dragons (4,5)
6 Scrape (6)
8 See 48 Down
9 Abbreviation for the official secret police of Nazi Germany (7)
10 and 23 Down DS Riya Devi in
The Suspect (5,8)
13 Photo of a person’s face kept for
police records (7)
14 Flounder (5)
17 Large lemur aka a babakoto (5) 18 and 29 Across DI Nadia Latif in
The Capture (5,6)
19 See 2 Down 21 Cocktails of gin or vodka and
dry vermouth (8)
23 See 10 Down
24 Surroundings (12)
25 and 53 Down Member of comedy trio The Goodies; father of actress Kate Hardie (4,5) 27 Unofficial (3,3,6)
30 See 5 Down
33 Imitate (3)
34 and 43 Down Ashley Banister in
Red Rose (7,5)
36 Jurisdiction of the Pope in
Rome (4,3)
39 Teach (8)
40 Taxonomic class including frogs
and toads (8)
43 See 34 Down
45 Go quickly (3)
48 and 8 Down Velementov in The
Great (7,5)
49 and 73 Across Sah Brockner in
Casualty (4,9)
50 and 20 Across Annie Marling in
Ridley (5,6)
51 Christian feast celebrated on
the 29th of September (10) 52 Leans (5)
53 See 25 Down
55 Blue precious stones (9) 57 Furnish (5)
61 Pardons (7)
64 Corpse (7)
65 US state; capital Boise (5) 66 Unleash (3,3)
67 Gambol (6)
69 Most suitable (5)
72 Boys’ public school in
Berkshire (4)