THEJUMBO PUZZLE
ACROSS
1 One looking for employment ( 9) 6 Blossom ( 5)
9 Artefact ( 5)
12 _ Mccarthy, US comedian
and film star ( 7)
13 Neat ( 5)
14 Young fox ( 3)
16 Fabric ( 5)
17 and 18 Across Actress and new team captain on Celebrity Juice ( 5,5)
18 See 17 Across
19 Sunday dinners ( 6)
20 Japanese horseradish ( 6) 22 Swimmer’s breathing device ( 7) 25 and 69 Across Bob in ITV’S
The Sister ( 6,6)
27 Epoch ( 3)
29 Skin condition ( 4)
31 And not ( 3)
32 and 66 Down Roo Stewart
in Home And Away ( 7,6)
33 and 35 Across Belle Stone
in BBC drama Life ( 8,8)
35 See 33 Across
36 Unit of electricity ( 4)
37 Nearby ( 5)
41 Source of water ( 4)
42 Apple drink ( 5)
43 Inhumane ( 5)
45 See 8 Down
46 Exaggeratedly masculine ( 5) 48 Hairless ( 4)
50 Comedian and judge on
Rupaul’s Drag Race ( 4,4) 54 Small children ( 8)
56 Marriage ( 7)
57 Sphere, globe ( 3)
58 Fibbed ( 4)
60 Sprite ( 3)
61 Protected against a disease ( 6) 63 Most hasty ( 7)
68 Season ( 6)
69 See 25 Across
71 Musical drama ( 5)
72 Boorish and vulgar ( 5) 75 Employee organisation ( 5) 76 Up- to- date ( 3)
77 Sheep’s noise ( 5)
78 More eccentric ( 7)
79 Evade or escape ( 5) 80 Stringed toys ( 2- 3)
81 Signing up for a course ( 9)
DOWN
1 and 55 Down Creator and star
of Stath Lets Flats ( 5,9) 2 Spicy Indian dish ( 5) 3 Treatises ( 6)
4 Marsupials ( 6)
5 Rapscallions ( 7)
6 Classroom fixture ( 10) 7 Aquatic mammal ( 5)
8 and 45 Across Creator and
star of BBC drama I May
Destroy You ( 8,4)
9 Liberate ( 7)
10 City in NW England ( 9) 11 Thoughtful ( 11)
15 The two ( 4)
21 Dilapidated ( 8)
23 Make garments using wool ( 4) 24 Even ( 5)
25 Rear ( 4)
26 Tooth covering ( 6)
28 Having existed for a very
long time ( 3- 3)
30 Prisoner ( 7)
34 Fossil fuel ( 3)
35 Laughing dog- like mammal ( 5) 38 Curse ( 5)
39 and 40 Down Top Gear presenter
and former cricketer ( 7,8)
40 See 39 Down
44 Dissimilar ( 6)
45 Bad- tempered ( 6)
46 South American dancer and
Strictly Come Dancing judge ( 5,6) 47 Concealed ( 3)
49 Church passageway ( 5)
51 Used to be ( 4)
52 Beer barrels ( 4)
53 Slumber parties ( 10)
55 See 1 Down
59 Private road leading to a
house ( 8)
62 Candidate ( 7)
64 Table framework ( 7)
65 Most numerous piece in
a game of chess ( 4)
66 See 32 Across
67 Educational establishment ( 6) 70 Foyer ( 5)
73 A suspect’s possible defence ( 5) 74 Shoulder gesture ( 5)