Jumbo Puzzle
Simply fill in the crossword and read down the letters in the shaded square to reveal a word. Clue: Sports equipment (10).
Across
1 Uncomplicated (6)
4 Tear off, separate (6)
8 Gave orders, was in charge (9) 14 Teach new skills to (7)
15 Sure, positive (7 )
16 Secluded private place (7) 18 People who offer to help out (10)
19 Sound of an object hitting the water (6)
20 Copy, imitate (5)
22 Extended Saturday morning snooze (3-2)
24 Violent tropical storm (7) 25 Avoid, sidestep (5)
27 Thick shiny paint for woodwork (5)
30 Futuristic stories (3-2)
33 Rough first version (5)
36 Those with the vote (10)
37 Mean and nasty treatment or behaviour (10)
39 Fault, imperfection (6)
42 Social division of a traditional society (5)
43 Shiny variety of leather (6) 45 Change, adjustment (10) 46 Queen Victoria’s century (10) 47 Reggie ___, former host of
The Voice UK (5)
51 Fire cinders (5)
53 Nadine ___, former member of Girls Aloud (5)
56 Unfit, bungling (5)
58 Excessively demure, strait-laced (7)
59 Estimate without measurement or detailed calculation (5) 62 Long-legged wading bird (5) 63 Rouse the feelings or emotions (of someone) (6)
64 Washable cover for a bed cushion (10)
67 Set free, liberate (7)
70 Illuminated at night (7)
71 Thrown out of accommodation (7)
72 Famous tennis tournament (9) 73 In the course of (6)
74 Surname of socialite sisters Kylie and Kendall (6)
Down
1 Dry up, wither (7) 2 Substance such as platinum or tin (5)
3 Gaining knowledge (8) 5 Selected passages (8) 6 Measure of land area (4)
7 Of a surface, able to take warm items (9)
8 Includes (8)
9 Swampy (6)
10 Painting, drawing, etc (3) 11 To___for, highly desirable (3) 12 Noticed, spotted (8) 13 Be subjected to, suffer (7)
17 Big, horned African animal (5) 21 Practise boxing (4)
23 Money paid out (11)
25 Fleece, rip off (6)
26 Unravel (11)
28 Baggy, not tight (5) 29 Commence, begin (5)
31 ___ Shayk, Russian model (5) 32 ___ Khan, British socialite (6) 33 Fate, one’s lot in life (7)
34 Very old (7)
35 Soup dishes (7)
38 Lessen the pain of (6)
40 Layout, style (of a TV screen, eg) (6)
41 Fisherman’s haul (5)
43 Seasonal children’s play (5) 44 Whole amount (5)
48 State of being grown-up (9) 49 Give out (radiation, eg) (4) 50 Scholarly, intellectual (8) 52 Medical sample for testing (8) 53 Baptise (8)
54 Gave way, surrendered (7) 55 Meringue ingredient (3,5) 57 Look into, explore (5)
60 Thin and elegant (7)
61 Popular myth (6)
65 ___Towers, Staffordshire theme park (5)
66 Put out of focus (4)
68 On the___, running away (3) 69 Feel poorly (3)