THE JUMBO PUZZLE
Complete the Jumbo Puzzle and rearrange the shaded squares to reveal a hidden celebrity name.
ACROSS
1 Very tall building (10)
7 Infant (4)
14 Biblical garden (4)
15 See 39 Down
16 _ retriever, dog (8)
18 Actual (4)
19 Edible berries of the plant
Solanum lycopersicum (8)
20 See 68 Down
21 Keen (4)
23 Sixth note in tonic sol-fa (3)
25 and 29 Across Sabre in BBC TV
series Gladiators (5,5)
26 Surfeit (4)
27 Tropical yellow-flowered plant
cultivated for its strong fibre (4) 28 Nothing (3)
29 See 25 Across
30 Stroll (5)
31 Low dam (4)
32 Run a process on a computer that
speeds up file management (10) 34 Province of Canada; capital
Edmonton (7)
38 Euphoric (6)
41 See 57 Across
43 Loosen (4)
45 Overstater (11)
46 Strip skin off (4)
47 Chat (6)
49 Passageways (6)
51 Worry (4)
53 Niccolo _, Italian author of 1532’s
The Prince (11)
54 Periods of 24 hours (4)
57 and 41 Across Todd Grimshaw in
Coronation Street (6,6)
58 Sounds (6)
62 Accept as true (7)
65 Adapted for grasping by wrapping
around a support (10)
67 See 35 Down 68 Abode (5)
69 and 24 Down Corinne in Big
Boys (5,5)
70 Sever (3)
71 Chief (4)
72 Labyrinth (4)
73 River upon which Nottingham
stands (5)
74 Rug (3)
76 Long story (4)
78 Circled (7)
81 Mixture of gases, chiefly methane,
found in coal mines (8)
84 Unit of area (4)
85 Baked dish of Southern U.S.
origin (5,3)
87 Shy person (9)
88 See 86 Down
89 and 36 Down Hannah Ashworth
in Hollyoaks (4,5)
90 Squint (10)
DOWN
1 Spicy sauce (5)
2 Rude, noisy youth (3)
3 Impolite (4)
4 Large travelling bag (11) 5 Quantity of sheets of paper (4) 6 Decorative scarf (7,3)
8 Imitates (4)
9 Port and resort of the Crimean
Peninsula on the Black Sea (5) 10 Cast off (4)
11 Capital of West Germany from
1949 to 1990 (4)
12 Tourist (9)
13 Office worker (9)
17 Mammal, binomial name Cervus
elaphus (3,4)
18 Period of rule (6)
22 Stage entertainer (12)
23 Resident (5)
24 See 69 Across 25 Harshly criticised (6)
33 See 61 Down
34 Capital of South Australia (8) 35 and 67 Across Larry Peters in
Grantchester (7,4)
36 See 89 Across
37 Atmosphere (4)
39 and 15 Across Molly Marshall in
After the Flood (8,9)
40 Averting (12)
42 Beam (3)
44 and 66 Down DS Helen Morgan in
Trigger Point (7,7)
48 Block used by a blacksmith (5) 50 Smooth transition (5)
51 Conifer (3)
52 Human leg or arm (4)
55 Particular feature (6)
56 Fruit of the plant Capsicum
annuum (5,6)
59 Concertina (7,3)
60 Chaotic (9)
61 and 33 Down Jade Masood in
EastEnders (9,5)
63 Expression (5)
64 Leap over (5)
66 See 44 Down
68 and 20 Across Libby Guthrie in
Waterloo Road (6,7)
75 Diminish (5)
77 Assists (5)
79 City in Ancient Greek
literature (4)
80 Musical piece performed by two
players or singers (4)
81 Ship designed for Fridtjof Nansen’s 1893 Arctic explorations (4)
82 Combines (4)
83 Dried surface of a healing
wound (4)
86 and 88 Across Bernie Sheridan in
The Dry (3,4)