40 The Big <strong>Wigan</strong> Crossword 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 30 25 26 27 28 29 33 31 32 34 35 36 38 37 EclipseCrossword.com
41 How well do you really know<strong>Wigan</strong>? Forty crossword entries, all about people and places connected with <strong>Wigan</strong>. DOWN 1. Latics old training ground, 11,4 3. Diminutive Cabinet Minister, 3,9 4. Latics predecessors, 5, 7 5. FIrst name of Lady Mabel’s hubby, 7 7. Actor, Shameless, Scott & Bailey 3,4 8. Grade 2 Hall and Farmhouse, 8 9. British Bulldog, 5,3,5 12. Macabre-sounding Lane in Appley Bridge, 5,5 14. Grade 1 Listed Church, 2,8 15. Sports shop, Market St, 1,1,9 18. Led Latics into the Football League, 3,7 21. His hand is preserved in Ashton, 6,10 22. Former owner of The Mount in Orrell, 7,5 23. One of the flashes, 8 26. Joel, Sam and Logan, 7 27. Kajagoogoo singer, 6 29. Numerically-named cinema, 4, 4 30. NUM Leader 1971-1982, 3,7 31. Investor in Orrell RU, early 2000’s, 4,6 32. Fruit associated with McGinty, 9 ACROSS 2. Ancient <strong>Wigan</strong> Street, 3, 5 5. Reservoir, 11 6. South African winger, 5, 4 9. Street where Uncle Joe’s are produced, 7 10. First name, owner of Pemps, 7 11. Beech Hill’s TV Presenter 3,6 13. Tourist attraction, 3,3,2,4 16. MP, daughter of Dipak and Louise, 4,5 17. Scout estate in Billinge, 7, 4 19. Dad to Sean, Grandad to Owen, 6 20. Sport of original <strong>Wigan</strong> Warriors, 8 24. Arcade in town centre, 6 25. Scorer in FA Cup Final 2013, 3,6 28. Shevington’s Explosive Works, 8 33. RL’s Man of Steel 1980, 6,9 34. Station closed in 1964, 5,7 35. Martinez,Diaz & Seba, 5,6 36. Took Latics into the Premier League, 4,6 37. Upholland’s highwayman, 6,4 38. Family associated with Winstanley Hall, 6 Please turn to page 51 for the solutions Over 60 walks FREE to download at locallife247.co.uk <strong>Local</strong><strong>Life</strong>