JUMBO CROSSWORD
Read down the letters in the shaded squares to spell out a fictional detective (8,6).
ACROSS
Archers’ weapons (6)Merest (9)Thespian’s profession (6) Decreases (5) Sure (7) Mistake (5) Animal doctor (3) Gnaw food (4) Home (9) Stylus (6) Appreciation (11) Towards a river mouth (10) Tell or narrate (6) Novelist (6) Label (3) Observers (10) Suitable (11) Hearth blazes (5) Touches lips (6) Amused (11) Backpacker (9) Type of wood (3) Part of the day (7) Being defeated (6) Made to laugh (6)