July 2023

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Across
  1. 2. Surname of the photographer who appeared on our June issue front page(5)
  2. 7. the point when the Sun reaches its highest point in the sky (8)
  3. 10. Tynwald Day is the National Day of which UK island (3)
  4. 11. July's birthstone (4)
  5. 13. three separate villages (Mid, West and East) lying to the north of Chichester (6)
  6. 16. Local park in Chichester, where archaeologists have uncovered remains of Chichester Norman Castle from the middle age (6)
  7. 17. Our Local Theatre, who will be performing ‘The sound of Music’(3 initials)
  8. 18. Instrument which usually has 47 strings (4)
  9. 19. Main star in the Solar System (3)
  10. 20. The number of letters selected in the letters game of Countdown (4)
  11. 22. Sweet cold treat (3,5)
  12. 24. A railway station once stood here; opened in July 1881 for travellers from London to attend Goodwood races (9)
  13. 27. What vaccine was first given by Louis Pasteur on July 6th 1885 (6)
  14. 28. A female Deer (3)
  15. 30. The Sum of it all- a documentary about which singer (2,7)
  16. 31. What item of clothing was first worn in Paris on July 5th 1946 (7)
Down
  1. 1. On average, which is the hotest month of the year in the UK (4)
  2. 3. Who sang Viva la Vida in 2008 (4,4)
  3. 4. The largest nature conservation charity (4 initials)
  4. 5. Three squared (4)
  5. 6. Took the first steps on the moon July 29, 1969 (4,9)
  6. 8. The units used to measure horses(5)
  7. 9. July was named after this Roman general (6,7)
  8. 12. Who is Reg Dwight better known as (5,4)
  9. 14. ****** Eleven mission landed on the moon on July 5th 1969 (6)
  10. 15. The outer layer of the skin (9)
  11. 21. Yellow flower seen in our local fields (4)
  12. 23. July has two birth flowers, the larkspur and... (5,4
  13. 25. Zodiac sign July 23rd - August 22nd (3)
  14. 26. An arctophile collects (7)
  15. 29. Who is the patron saint of music (7)