| 'Most people have a furious - to talk about themselves' (Maugham) |
ITCH |
| 'Select words so ingeniously misapplied' |
MALAPROPISMS |
| ... angel Stein wrongly identified with wild roses |
EGLANTINES |
| A group of Auel's Earth's children |
CLAN |
| Apply the acid test to art? |
ETCH |
| Banks' activity in respect of those coming through |
SEARCHING |
| Beethoven's seasonal music used by parson, at all events |
SPRINGSONATA |
| Conan Doyle's maverick zoologist calls out |
CHALLENGER |
| Contents of commonplace book? |
PLATITUDES |
| Deity's dual existence at Oxford |
ISIS |
| E. Nesbit's lover found wanting |
INCOMPLETE |
| Each put the strange ancient history books in first place |
HEPTATEUCH |
| Eve's libido re-examined by Waugh |
VILEBODIES |
| Film not made by major production company - but still in the race |
INDY |
