THE JUMBO PUZZLE
■ Complete the Jumbo Puzzle and rearrange the shaded squares to reveal a hidden celebrity name.
ACROSS
1 Feeling of being close to passing
out (15)
9 and 29 Down Fury in BBC TV
series Gladiator (5,7)
12 Victory (7)
13 Female relative (5) 14 Nevertheless (3)
16 and 22 Down Buster Huia in The
Gone (5,4)
17 See 70 Down
18 Rooms equipped for scientific
research (12)
19 Horse with a light reddish-brown
coat (6)
21 In poetry, a metrical foot consisting of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed one (7)
24 Makes late (6)
26 Goal (3)
28 Stupid person (4)
30 Upper limb (3)
31 Try (7)
32 Nightlife that takes place at a
winter sports resort (5-3) 34 Topics (8)
35 Stalk (4)
36 See 3 Down
40 River that flows to the North Sea
at Sunderland (4)
41 Mournful song (5)
42 Muse of lyric poetry in Greek
mythology (5)
43 Leader (4)
44 Stringed musical instrument (5) 46 Liquid produced by cows (4) 47 US automobile brand named after the founder of Detroit, Michigan (8)
51 Made very angry (8) 53 Muzzle (7)
54 and 43 Down Leslie in Newark,
Newark (3,6)
55 Finishes (4)
57 Carrier of genetic information; constituent of chromosomes (1,1,1)
58 British trick-taking card game
similar to whist (6)
60 Moving vehicles (7)
65 Declaim (6)
66 Capital of Brazil from
1763-1960 (3,2,7)
68 Practice exams (5)
71 Come into being (5) 72 Sickly-looking (3)
73 and 20 Down Omar in
Boarders (5,8)
74 Restraint (7)
75 See 34 Down
76 Prolonged applause by an audience that brings them to their feet (8,7)
DOWN
1 Fastening (5)
2 Extravagant showiness (5)
3 and 36 Across Lady Helen Gwinear in AppleTV+ series The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin (6,5) 4 Breathe out (6)
5 Typographical device (7) 6 Firmly established in
behaviour (4-6)
7 Expel (5)
8 See 64 Down
9 Mandible or maxilla (7) 10 Reveries (9)
11 Eternal (11) 15 Digits of the foot (4)
20 See 73 Across
22 See 16 Across
23 Carefully directed an event from
the background (5-7)
24 Long Scottish dagger (4)
25 See 45 Down
27 Orchestrated a complex plan,
such as a bank robbery (12) 29 See 9 Across
33 Title of a knight (3)
34 and 75 Across Domino in
Domino Day (5,5)
37 Old Testament father of Jacob
and Esau (5)
38 Break in the working week,
usually Saturday and Sunday (7) 39 Conceited fop (8)
43 See 54 Across
44 Type of plastic packaging used
for pharmaceuticals (7,4)
45 and 25 Down Jordan in Channel
5 drama Coma (3,6)
48 Ancient Egyptian goddess;
mother of Horus (4)
49 Capital of Peru (4)
50 Excessively modern (10)
52 See 67 Down
56 Pupils (8)
59 Ceramic ware (7)
61 Deep, slightly bluish red (7) 62 Opinion (4)
63 Blanket-like cloak (6)
64 and 8 Down Elizabeth Holmes in
The Dropout (6,8)
67 and 52 Down Grandma Pat in
G’wed (5,9)
69 Short-legged dog (5)
70 and 17 Across Karen in Things
You Should Have Done (5,5)