Jumbo Crossword

Sunday, 8th November 2026

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Across

  • 1.Merger; combination (12)
  • 6.Literary critic's newspaper piece (4,6)
  • 12.Keep from harm (7)
  • 13.Internet connection device (5)
  • 15.Long thin pasta strands (9)
  • 17.Withdraws; quiet getaways (8)
  • 18.Pretenders frontwoman (8,5)
  • 20.Long-range camera lens (9)
  • 22.Relax, free of worry (4,4)
  • 24.Pack away (4)
  • 26.Delphic prophet (6)
  • 27.South American plains cowboy (7)
  • 28.Regular theatre attender (8)
  • 31.Punctuation mark of omission (10)
  • 32.Anticlimax; damp squib (3-5)
  • 36.Distrust of others' motives (8)
  • 37.Alberto ___, Swiss sculptor (10)
  • 41.Charms; bewitches (8)
  • 42.Crumple noisily (7)
  • 43.Bear witness to (6)
  • 46.Tall trees felled by Dutch disease (4)
  • 47.Artist's black drawing stick; barbecue fuel (8)
  • 48.Juliet Bravo drove one (6,3)
  • 50.Manchester City's Norwegian striker (6,7)
  • 52.Éamon ___, Irish statesman (2,6)
  • 55.Quality; ascribe to (9)
  • 56.Follower of the Vedas (5)
  • 57.Jotter for memos (7)
  • 58.Bequests; natural gifts (10)
  • 59.McCartney's Wings album, 1973 (4,2,3,3)

Down

  • 1.Striving for higher status (12)
  • 2.Medium-dry sherry (11)
  • 3.Diving water bird (5)
  • 4.Genetic alteration (8)
  • 5.Children's tummies (4)
  • 7.Preoccupied to excess (8)
  • 8.Dull brownish military colour (5)
  • 9.Voice pitch patterns (11)
  • 10.Dense collapsed star (5,5)
  • 11.Theatrical promoters (11)
  • 14.Set of taught beliefs (8)
  • 16.Sunken garden boundary ditch (2-2)
  • 19.Tall cottage-garden flower (9)
  • 21.Elected representative; MP, say (10)
  • 23.Ability to pay debts (8)
  • 25.Methodical; well-organised (10)
  • 29.First-rate; excellent (3-5)
  • 30.Submarine's viewing tube (9)
  • 33.Remorseless, callous people (11)
  • 34.Glass-roofed conservatory (6,6)
  • 35.Left unfinished (11)
  • 38.Small bark-climbing bird (11)
  • 39.Renew; grow afresh (10)
  • 40.1746 Jacobite battlefield near Inverness (8)
  • 44.Ali's self-description; finest (8)
  • 45.Flowers for ___, Daniel Keyes novel (8)
  • 49.Opposed to (4)
  • 51.High, as in couture (5)
  • 53.Letter H, written out (5)
  • 54."Be vewy vewy quiet," said Elmer ___ (4)