Local Life - Wigan - March 2020

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Puzzle Pages
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ACROSS
1. Liquid used for rubbing on the body
to relieve pain from sprains and
strains (11)
9. Feeling of deep and bitter anger
and ill-will (7)
10. River flowing into the North Sea (5)
11. Front part of the human leg
below the knee (4)
12. Ancestry, lineage (8)
14. Relative by marriage (2-3)
15. Biblical shepherd who slew
Goliath (5)
DOWN
2. Large and imposing residence (7)
3. Uproar, disturbance of the peace (4)
4. Consortium of companies formed to limit
competition (6)
5. Device providing access to a computer (8)
6. Flexible twig of a willow tree (5)
7. Newspaper writers & photographers, collectively (5)
8. Central pillar of a circular staircase (5)
13. Ball game played with long-handled racquets (8)
16. Prehistoric metalworking period (4,3)
17. Three score (5)
18. Liqueur flavoured with anise (trademark) (6)
19. Tall tower referred to in the Bible (5)
21. Jewelled headdress (5)
23. Official symbols of a family, state, etc (4)
20. Global computer system (8)
22. State of deep unconsciousness (4)
24. Russian rulers (5)
25. Tell a story (7)
26. Trader who sells sewing and
dressmaking materials (11)