| '. . . — s and trays, bending under the weight of brawn and cold pies' (Jane Austen, Persuasion) |
TRESSEL |
| 'Dames' an unreliable translation for bacchantes |
MAENADS |
| 'Racine's character murdered in a bath' A lie? Not wholly |
ATHALIE |
| 'She urged what she could to — me to it' (John Bunyan, Pilgrim's Progress) |
DISHEARTEN |
| A history, we're told, occurring at nightfall |
ACRONYCHAL |
| A pound for anyone understanding Lingua Franca in India |
POONA |
| Activity of Maugham's eponymous MacKenzie |
EXPLORING |
| And concerning second – first name of renowned instrumentalist |
ANDRES |
| Anger not applicable in Spenserian symbol of hope for peace |
IRENA |
| Autumn came jovial on for him |
THOMSON |
| Call up first dealer reducing Aesop's fabulous tome |
DRAFT |
| Father of Aestheticism |
PATER |
| First illuminated in old book |
INITIAL |
| Former characteristic of a piece from French literature |
EXTRAIT |
| Fractured a peasant's feet |
ANAPAESTS |
| French dramatist takes encore ill, highly suspicious |
CORNEILLE |
