Tls

[highbury57]

Top right corner a pain in gluteus maximus.
Satisfied hero in a French epic work by Julian Barnes (8).e...la.d
Is Roland as in Chanson de figuring in answer?14across.
Son with close family in epic novel(6) ...n.y
Is the word kin present here? Tia

[JJ109]

1. Sciatica ? - how many letters?

[dannyk13]

1.Metroland

[Mamyalynne]

6 Skinny

[highbury57]

Don’t quite follow you. The pain in the g m was my response to the crossword not a question but thanks anyway!

[Mamyalynne]

gluteus maximus is a comment not a clue

[dannyk13]

jj, pain in the gluteus maximus is a comment by the poster :-)

[highbury57]

But thanks for metroland and skinny. Business done for today. Can get off my gluteus maximus now!

[highbury57]

Possibly my best ever moment on Answerbank!

[jadzia49]

Could 6 be Shandy? S for son ,then handy. Shandy, a family in an epic novel.

[Mamyalynne]

That may well work better yes - was attempting (poorly) to make 'kinny' connect with family.

Plus Novels are called Skinny.

Ta Jad.

[highbury57]

Thanks for update.