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) Glossy (5) Label (3) Profound thinker (11) Observers (10) Oversees (10) Suitable (11) Dined (3) Hearth blazes (5) Failed to remember (6) Touches lips (6) Sleeps over winter (10) Amused (11) US state (6) Backpacker (9) Old wound mark (4) Type of wood (3) Archery target ring (5) Part of the day (7) Squander (5) Being defeated (6) Benefit (9) Made to laugh (6)