Jumbo Puzzle

Simply fill in the crossword (right) and unscramble the letters in the shaded squares to reveal a fairy-tale character (10).

Across

1 Close at hand (6)

4 Arrived, appeared (6,2) 9 Twelve o’clock (6)

14 Sweet food made from egg white and sugar baked until crisp (9)

15 At home as opposed to outside (7)

16 Computer‑related (5) 17 Political protest march (4) 19 Given a makeover (4,2) 20 Forcibly sent away from home (6)

21 ___ Stone, La La Land actress (4)

24 Capital of Wales (7) 25 Concentrated, extreme (7) 27 Hair around the organ of sight (7)

29 Type of charge for mobile‑phone usage (3‑2‑3‑2)

31 Bird associated with babies (5)

33 Gift in return for a deed or service (6)

36 Opium flower (5)

38 Time when Auld Lang Syne is sung (3,4)

40 Bird related to the pheasant and grouse (9) 42 Began again (9)

44 Grapples, fights (7) 45 Unhappily (5)

46 Toxin, venom (6)

47 Park seat (5)

48 Senior hospital doctor (10) 53 San Francisco’s country (7) 54 Forgo; deny oneself (7) 55 Twisting out of shape (7) 57 Orderly, neat (4)

59 Person who voices his or her opposition to a plan or proposal (6)

61 Tortoise‑like marine reptile (6)

62 15th‑century Andean civilisation (4)

65 Waterway with locks (5) 66 Marvels, miracles (7)

67 Reaching the same level as (9)

69 Stale, like rotten butter (6)

70 Person who sets fire to others’ property (8)

71 Person in the legal profession (6)

Down

1 Tending to wander (7)

2 Contents of an inflated lilo (3)

3 Pop group (4)

5 Rushing (9)

6 Small greyhounds (8)

7 Avoid, sidestep (5)

8 Supply (7)

9 Got the better of (8) 10 Chop into cubes (4) 11 Blank book for the insertion of photographs, autographs etc (5)

12 Delay, postpone (3,3) 13 Spoke from a pulpit (8)

18 Kind and forgiving treatment (5)

22 Home for curly‑tailed farm animals (6)

23 Space rock (6)

26 One who advocates nudity (8)

28 Gave as a prize (7) 29 Writing sheet (5) 30 Highly decorative (6) 32 Drive away (5)

34 Salad vegetables (8) 35 Moment of danger (6) 37 Opposite of ‘active’ (7) 39 V‑shaped block driven between objects (5)

41 Country famous for its Pyramids (5)

43 Relating to nuclear energy (6)

45 Wages (6)

46 Habitual action, custom (8)

49 Not belonging to anyone (9)

50 Visitor from space (5) 51 Became more restricted in width (8)

52 Devotee of a cause (8)

54 Aerial (7)

55 Tusked marine mammal (6)

56 Hermione ___, Harry Potter’s friend (7)

58 Prima ___, female opera soloist (5)

60 Game with pawns and knights (5)

63 Smart ___, know‑all (4) 64 In court, a declaration of guilt or innocence (4)

68 Woody‑stemmed climbing plant (3)