THE JUMBO PUZZLE
ACROSS
1 Character created by Washington Irving who falls asleep for 20 years (3,3,6) 7 See 64 Down 11 Former institution for young offenders (7) 12 Vital (9) 13 Soft sweet made from sugar, butter and milk or cream (5) 15 and 27 Down Sophie in Flat TV - last Sunday, BBC2 (6,5-7) 16 Typified (11) 20 Irritates (6) 22 Not certain (6) 24 Consider again (8) 26 Direction (4) 28 and 32 Across Athenais de Montespan in Versailles - last Wednesday, BBC2 (4,8) 29 and 70 Across Host of panel show It’s Not Me, It’s You - last Thursday, Channel 5 (6,6) 31 Clay (7) 32 See 28 Across 35 Particles crucial to clotting of blood (9) 37 Law (4) 38 See 10 Down 41 Methodical (10) 42 Fortune-telling using playing cards (10) 44 Pastime (5) 46 Either of two children produced at the same birth (4) 47 Most eccentric (9) 52 Chief railway track (4,4) 54 Relating to China (7) 56 Revulsion (6) 58 Labour (4) 59 Threesome (4) 60 Basic principle or skill (8) 62 Narrow strips of land connecting larger land areas (6) 63 See 66 Down 68 Larva of a butterfly (11) 70 See 29 Across 71 Having a thin metallic sound (5) 73 See 45 Down 74 Very busy (2,3,2) 75 Grain used to make porridge (4) 76 From time to time (12)
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1 Theft (7) 2 See 52 Down 3 Quality (9) 4 See 25 Down 5 Require (4) 6 and 36 Down Wiktor Rebrow in The Border - last Tuesday, Channel 4 (6,7) 8 Wrong (5) 9 Cats (7) 10 and 38 Across Gaston in The Musketeers - last Monday, BBC1 (5,5) 13 Sudden outburst of aggression (5-2) 14 Hard-wearing fabric used for jeans (5) 17 Exercise (5) 18 Thinking organ (5) 19 Employer (4) 21 Decrepitude (8) 23 Circuitous (8) 24 Agitator (6-6) 25 and 4 Down Adrian “Fletch” Fletcher in Holby City - last Thursday, BBC1 (4,10) 27 See 15 Across 30 Shockingly unusual (5) 33 Peruvian currency unit (3) 34 Ineffectual men (7) 36 See 6 Down 39 Postulated sequence of possible events (8) 40 Round handle used to open or close an entrance (8) 43 Goodbye (5) 45 and 73 Across Rash Sayyad in New Blood - last Thursday, BBC1 (3,9) 48 Board used to carry hot drinks (3,4) 49 Bitterness (4) 50 Board game (5) 51 Resembling a human being (10) 52 and 2 Down Presenter of What Britain Buys - last Thursday, Channel 4 (4,6) 53 Asian country whose capital is New Delhi (5) 55 Socially unacceptable (9) 57 Glossy fabric (5) 61 Conductor (7) 64 and 7 Across Tony in Power Monkeys - last night, Channel 4 (7,4) 65 Set (5) 66 and 63 Across Female presenter of The Beechgrove Garden - last Sunday, BBC2 (6,6) 67 Too (2,4) 69 Swivel (5) 72 Short skirt (4)