| 'And on his grave, with shining eyes, / The —n stars look down' (Arnold, Obermann Once More) |
SYRIA |
| 'How now, Captain —! Have you quit the mines?' (Henry V) |
MACMORRIS |
| 'Miss Cream's visit — with a week of superb weather' (Margery Sharp, Cluny Brown) |
COINCIDED |
| A match for Roman goddess |
VESTA |
| A squadron of ravens, say |
SABRE |
| Bishop answerable for precipitation? |
SWITHIN |
| Butler's bigamous kitchen maid |
ELLEN |
| Clarence's Plantagenet countess, seen as John's earl . . . |
SALISBURY |
| Coarse sound of ancient traditional story from diarist |
GROSSMITH |
| Comfort offered as the strange start to the title |
HASTE |
| Conan Doyle's Dr Leon in stark valley |
STERNDALE |
| Could it be a story including a sort of fable? |
BEAST |
| Go back among trees sheltering Coleridge in French town |
LIMOGES |
| Gray life revealed by one making good, very big points |
GOSSE |
| He tells the story of the killing of 24D by Oedipus – he could make it a series |
TEIRESIAS |
| High flier as outstanding backer? |
ARCHANGEL |