THE JUMBO PUZZLE
■ Complete the Jumbo Puzzle and rearrange the shaded squares to reveal a hidden celebrity name.
ACROSS
1 Triangular drawing tool (3,6) 10 See 86 Across
14 and 35 Down Abdulla in Count
Abdulla (5,3)
15 See 52 Across
16 United States (7)
17 Jewelled headdress (5)
18 Heavy objects used to break down a door (9,4) 21 Decompose (3)
22 Expel (4)
23 Country in West Africa; capital
Monrovia (7)
24 Leap in ballet (4)
25 Fixed (4)
28 Unaccompanied (4)
29 Flock of pheasants (3)
30 Lively party (7)
33 Debased (8)
37 Church official who maintains
buildings and the graveyard (6)
38 Flightless bird (4)
39 Light brown sugar (8) 42 Serviette (6)
44 See 19 Down
46 Futile (11)
49 Determination (11)
52 and 15 Across David Tanaka in
Neighbours from 2016-24 (6,5)
54 Defeat utterly (6)
56 Strips (8)
59 US ten-cent coin (4)
60 See 63 Down
61 Currency of China (8) 64 Waterfall (7)
66 Deed (3)
70 Molten volcanic rock (4)
71 Powder used as eye makeup (4) 73 Receive as a reward (4)
74 Very stupid (7) 75 Scrape off (4)
76 Disorderly crowd (3)
78 Completely covering (13)
83 Andean animal (5)
84 See 77 Down
85 See 36 Down
86 and 10 Across Ernie Evans in
Grantchester (5,7) 87 Rose-shaped badge (7) 88 Callous (9)
DOWN
1 Talk insultingly about someone who is, usually, not present (4,3)
2 Government department responsible for economic strategy in Britain (8)
3 Test of knowledge (4)
4 Captain of The Pequod in novel Moby-Dick (4) 5 Direction (4)
6 Container for bees (4)
7 Not completed (10)
8 Rough skin of certain sharks and rays, used as an abrasive (8)
9 Alien (10)
10 Helmets (4)
11 Pacific island; capital Hagatna (4)
12 See 20 Down
13 Roman numeral XVI (7)
19 and 44 Across Kat in Domino
Day (6,6)
20 and 12 Down Stacey Neville in
Waterloo Road (6,7)
26 Prime minister of India from
1980-84 (6,6)
27 Situated in or near the middle (6)
31 Outdo (5)
32 See 81 Down
34 Large number (4) 35 See 14 Across
36 and 85 Across Lucas Johnson in EastEnders (3,5)
37 Cut with a toothed blade (4)
40 and 68 Down Buttons in Our Flag Means Death (4,7)
41 Genus of plants whose dried yellow flower heads are used to treat bruises (6)
43 Dried plums (6)
45 Female sheep (3)
47 State of India; capital Panaji (3)
48 Capital of Norway (4)
50 Asian country; capital Kathmandu (5)
51 Carbonated water (4)
52 Skinny (4)
53 _ Island, land mass separated from the Alaska mainland (6)
54 Hill (3)
55 Compete in a race (3)
57 Put back together (10)
58 Type of human-powered transport (5,5)
62 Rubs out (6)
63 and 60 Across DI Amar Batra in Trigger Point (6,6)
65 Apologetic (8)
67 Overconfident (8)
68 See 40 Down
69 Small spheres of glass (7)
72 Mourns (7)
77 and 84 Across Tommy Orpington in Coronation Street (4,7)
78 Enclosure (4)
79 Trim (4)
80 Advance slowly (4)
81 and 32 Down Dilly Harcourt in Hollyoaks (4,7-5)
82 Conspire (4)