Jumbo Crossword

Thursday, 24th September 2026

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Across

  • 1.Jagger and Richards's band (7,6)
  • 8.Athens hilltop citadel (9)
  • 13.Omission of a sound (7)
  • 14.In-between period (7)
  • 15.Gloria ___, feminist icon (7)
  • 16.Improvement; betterment (12)
  • 17.Stuffed pasta tubes (10)
  • 19.Pursuer of high principles (8)
  • 20.Realms ruled by monarchs (8)
  • 21.Video cassette recorders (abbr.) (4)
  • 24.Completely; certainly (10)
  • 26.Frank Loesser Broadway musical (4,3,5)
  • 29.Stir up; provoke (6)
  • 31.Huge units of explosive force (8)
  • 32.Of the former USSR (6)
  • 34.Cricket century minus ten (6)
  • 35.Property-protecting animal (5,3)
  • 36.Mutilate; old wringing machine (6)
  • 39.Spouse's female child (12)
  • 40.Estate warden of wildlife (10)
  • 43.Hard biscuit for teething babies (4)
  • 44.Map line of equal temperature (8)
  • 46.No chance!; drop the matter (6,2)
  • 50.Of living organisms (10)
  • 51.Sexually explicit (12)
  • 53.Boy with a magic lamp (7)
  • 54.East African language (7)
  • 55.Gradual accumulation (7)
  • 56.Cast doubt on; disgrace (9)
  • 57.Full of energy and vigour (5,2,1,5)

Down

  • 1.Repeated inspection or questioning (2-11)
  • 2.Idle lingerers (9)
  • 3.First; opening letter (7)
  • 4.Willingness to give (10)
  • 5.Contaminates; blemishes (6)
  • 6.Connected systems; TV channels (8)
  • 7.Formal address to men; knights (4)
  • 8.Swimmer's inflatable float; captain's marker (7)
  • 9.Bitter indignation (10)
  • 10.South-western US adobe village (6)
  • 11.The Clash's 1979 album (6,7)
  • 12.Mutually beneficial coexistence (9)
  • 18.Held by the police (2,7)
  • 22.Devon naval port (8)
  • 23.Support publicly; Scottish barrister (8)
  • 25.Distance from the equator; freedom (8)
  • 27.Ultrasound scan image (8)
  • 28.Feeling hard done by (9)
  • 30.Church booths for penitents (13)
  • 33.In principle; hypothetically (13)
  • 37.Interrogated; doubted (10)
  • 38.Citrus-scented Thai herb (5,5)
  • 39.Wave-riding plank (9)
  • 41.Musky essential oil (9)
  • 42.Discourteous; rude (8)
  • 45.Passage across; public transport (7)
  • 47.Looked briefly (7)
  • 48.More daring (6)
  • 49.Improve the quality of (6)
  • 52.Tastelessly unfashionable (4)