Jumbo Puzzle

Read down the letters in the shaded squares to spell out a confection (9)

ACROSS

4 Valuable stone (3) 8 Quantity of money (3)

13 Unenclosed space outdoors (4,3)

14 Thing characteristic of its kind (7)

15 Make higher (7)

16 Leg or arm (4)

17 Forming a queue (2,4) 18 Implement for shaving (5) 19 Take from your bank account (5)

21 Continual (3‑4)

22 Rumbling noise in the sky (7)

24 Wooden pin used in a ball game (7)

26 Small pool on a road or path (6)

28 Upper arm muscle (7) 30 Hindrance (to progress) (8)

35 Small hotel or pub (3) 36 Material used to fill in cracks (7)

38 Drug extracted from poppies (5)

39 Grading unit for gold (5) 40 Afterwards (4)

41 Machine for making books, newspapers, etc (8,5) 43 Flat circular object (4) 47 Control a car (5)

48 ___ boom, loud noise (5) 49 Bigger (7)

50 Large body of salt water (3)

51 Important person in government (8)

52 (Of cattle) feeding in a field (7)

54 Satisfy (a thirst) (6)

57 ___ Lawson, food writer (7)

60 One who enters using military force (7)

62 Hot spice used in Hungarian dishes (7)

64 Available for renting (2,3)

66 Rear (a child) (5) 67 Afraid, frightened (6)

68 Very keen (reader) (4)

70 Coincide partially (7)

71 Not evenly matched (7)

72 Left untouched (food) (7)

73 Male domestic cat (3)

74 Bark in a high‑pitched tone (3)

DOWN

1 100° Celsius (7,5)

2 Priest’s speech (6) 3 Scientist’s workplace (3) 4 Older male relative (7) 5 Peacemaker, arbitrator (8) 6 Sound in mind (4)

7 Left unharmed or alive (6) 8 Sudden taking of illegal goods (7)

9 Units of length (6)

10 Group of elephants (4) 11 Hare‑like animal (6)

12 End of a dispute (10) 20 Chic, well‑dressed (7) 23 Of a film, in its original version (5)

25 Still in one piece (6) 27 Colourful weed found in grass (9)

29 Part of a fork (5)

31 Area after an explosion (4,4)

32 Goes further in the same direction (7,2)

33 Ball game involving a netted stick (8)

34 Make a hole in (6)

37 Shop canopy (6)

42 Arouse (5)

44 Emergency ending of a flight (5‑7)

45 Boat, ship (6)

46 Complete victory or success (7)

47 Exercise of control (over) (10)

49 Looked intently (5) 53 Usually, as a rule (8) 55 Least amount possible (7)

56 Accelerate (5,2)

58 ___ wedding, 50th anniversary (6)

59 Sudden, unexpected (6) 61 TV watcher (6)

63 Ask politely to come (6) 65 Place at an angle (4) 67 Close or closed (4) 69 Umpire in a football match (3)