JUMBO PUZZLE

Read down the letters in the shaded squares to spell out an Asian country (10)

ACROSS

1 Unit used when measuring temperature (6)

4 Weirdos (8)

9 Area of hard skin on the sole of the foot (6)

14 Guilty of a lack of care and concern (9)

15 Stretchy material (7) 16 Dressing poured over food (5)

17 Strong‑smelling perfume ingredient (4)

19 Irreparably damaged (6) 20 Feeling of excitement and pleasure (6)

21 ___ Boleyn,Tudor queen (4)

24 Moral campaign (7) 25 Prickly Scottish plant (7) 27 Tell (a story) (7) 29 Abruptness (10)

31 Container for tea (5) 33 Collided lightly (6)

36 Island SW of Majorca (5) 38 Chicago’s country (7) 40 Hospital surgery (9) 42 Memory aids (9) 44 Instructor (7)

45 Jotted down (5)

46 Nightfall (6)

47 Joining together (5)

48 Pouch for rubber, sharpener, etc (6,4)

53 Scoff too much (7) 54 Glowing with happiness (7)

55 Blasphemous (7)

57 ___ Middleton,Prince William’s wife (4)

59 Petty or useless information (6)

61 Brought up, raised (6) 62 Eyelid complaint (4) 65 Father Christmas (5) 66 Italian dish of filled ‘cushions’ (7)

67 Easily annoyed (9)

69 Mention, comment (6)

70 Indecisive person (8)

71 Give a jab to (6)

DOWN

1 Forceful, energetic (7)

2 Old joke (3)

3 Wicked, sinful (4) 5 Explodes (9)

6 Kitchen loaf container (5,3)

7 Sprang, jumped (5)

8 Release from captivity (3,4)

9 Laughing like a witch (8)

10 Final (4)

11 Complete reversal of direction (1‑4)

12 Place of shelter, protection from danger (6)

13 Judged (a soccer match) (8)

18 Noise (5)

22 Device for taking photographs (6)

23 Emotional shock (6) 26 Wild or reckless person (8)

28 Choose for a job (7) 29 Winter sportsman (5) 30 Make tidy (6)

32 Suffocate in water (5) 34 Used your ears (8)

35 Of a system of weights and measures (6) 37 Enormous (7)

39 Written school assignment (5)

41 Give a gentle push (5) 43 Required, wanted (6) 45 Mandela’s first name (6) 46 Product dealer, supplier (8)

49 Thirty more minutes in soccer (5,4)

50 Change to fit the environment (5)

51 Classic sci‑fi TV series (4,4)

52 Point where the tresses meet the forehead (8)

54 Made healthy and vigorous again (7)

55 Writing in verse (6) 56 Optician’s examination (3,4)

58 Hint of colour (5) 60 Approximately (5) 63 Computer information (4) 64 Shock into silence (4) 68 Cheerio (3)