Jumbo Puzzle
Simply fill in the crossword (right) and read down the letters in the shaded squares for the answer.
Clue: A type of storage room (4,6).
Across
1 Beach city in California (6) 5 Natural talent (5) 8 TV programme with contestants (4,4)
14 Purplish colour (5)
15 ___ Bolognese, popular pasta dish (9)
16 In ___, being moved (7) 17 Strap a jockey holds (4) 18 Pebbles (6)
19 Large internal organ (5) 20 Kangaroo’s hiding place for its young (5)
22 Wooden shack (3,5) 23 Place in which to keep criminals (6)
25 Thought the same about something (6)
28 Jumper with buttons (8) 30 Achieved your best performance (6)
31 Dislodge from a saddle (6)
35 Small, blank greetings card (7)
37 Unit of weight (5)
39 Apple seeds (4)
40 Metallic strand that conducts electricity (4) 41 Adhesive substance (4) 42 Measurement of land area (4)
43 Bonnie ___, raspy-voiced singer (5)
45 List of names at the end of a film (7)
48 Muddled, confused (6) 49 Male witch (6)
51 Portions (8)
55 Science of plants (6)
57 Tentacle, probe (6)
58 Regular complainer (8)
62 Sign outside property available for rent (2,3)
63 Stallion or mare, for example (5)
64 Dissertation (6)
65 Couch (4)
67 Hereditary (7)
68 Stopping (a criminal) (9)
69 Rub out (5)
70 Ingenious use of language, punning (8)
71 Herb often used with parsley in stuffing (5)
72 Beer-and-lemonade mix (6)
Down
2 Arousing laughter (7) 3 Object (4)
4 Causing disappointment to (9)
5 Display ostentatiously (6) 6 Fire cinders (5)
7 Noisy viper (11)
8 Cause for complaint (9) 9 Major road with several lanes (8)
10 Running with quick, light steps (10)
11 Overshadow, darken (7)
12 Green gemstone (7)
13 In need of a scratch (5)
21 Open-toed type of shoe (6)
24 Become ready to harvest (5)
26 Wisecrack shared by just a few people (2,4)
27 Person who believes there is no God (7)
29 Stun, amaze (7)
32 Version of a book (7) 33 Word formed from the rearranged letters of another word (7)
34 Film about historic, heroic events (4)
36 ___ in, eat heartily (4) 38 Shriek (3)
39 Area served by a church (6)
43 Information a firm keeps hidden (5,6)
44 Gatekeeper’s cottage (5) 46 Baffling riddle (6)
47 Laid waste (10)
50 Building for the care of the sick (9)
52 Passenger coaches on trains (9)
53 Fabled, legendary (8) 54 Invented, made (7) 56 Tourist city in Florida (7) 59 Large, spotted animal (7) 60 Performers’ platform (5) 61 A government, usually undemocratic (6) 64 Appetising (5) 66 Greek cheese (4)