The Times - Specialist - Times Literary Supplement 1002 - November 29, 2013

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"Enjoy the merry -- of thy youth!" (Longfellow, The Spanish Student) SHROVETIDE
''. . . what would you do with him?' ' — him.' 'Shoot him?' 'That's your business.' ' (John Le Carré, The Little Drummer Girl) NEUTRALISE
'. . . one order of beauty which seems made to turn the heads ... of all intelligent —s, even of women' (George Eliot, Adam Bede) MAMMAL
'When 'arf of your bullets fly wide in the ditch / Don't call your — a cross-eyed old bitch' (Kipling, Barrack-room Ballads) MARTINI
A memoir of one with a message to the planet IRIS
Ancient city given a head start, so to speak ICONIUM
Bennett gave him his share, no doubt he had his pride LION
Bill at university not acceptable TABU
Brown study of the secret witness ORMOND
Canary made to sing by James O'Hanlon CALAMITYJANE
Complex Oedipus descendant, with kingdom in the best tradition ETEOCLES
Concerning Sir Herbert and Miss? REREADS
Desire for romantic novelist HOPE
Destined to be king of Egypt, he gets a raise somehow (in swindle) CAESARION
Disputed territory of Pinter NOMANSLAND
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Engels' bias may indicate heretical sect ALBIGENSES
Father of Tolstoy SERGIUS
Genius of Collins EVIL
His cast found him elusive PIRANDELLO
Insular character showing plenty of spark, we hear ROBINSON
Last character had it on in Waugh book HARDCHEESE
Lost leader's wage for fictional cook SILVER
Macaulay said that their soldiers could hardly refrain from cheering ETRUSCANS
Novelist as seaman in prison quarters CABELL
Outstanding feature of untouchable agent NESS
Painter of a part of Eros, setting out to become a poet ROSSETTI
Possibly cosmic fun in a very ancient and enduring philosophy CONFUCIANISM
Some enemies of John Daulton HOSTILES
Story starts your average romantic novel YARN
Wallace's may have been unlucky ROOM