At The Mill by Morgan
The names of three works
and their author, all of which are thematic, go around the perimeter,
starting at the top left-hand corner. The title of a fourth work might
suggest how solvers should treat some of the answers prior to entry in
the grid.
| ACROSS 8 Getting close, after initial change of direction, can be tedious 9 Superior dinner has no starter 10 By virtue of his position, former policeman has no hesitation at centre of riot 12 Tilt table 13 Element in blue represented uranium mass 14 Warnings given out in The Star 15 Campion forbidden to preach after exclusion of chapter and head of deanery 16 Peace-keepers getting credit after second take off 19 Lively peer follows showgirl's lead 21 It tore in a rollicking reprise 23 Undermines power in commandos 25 Spin a yarn about limits of Gargantuan plant 26 Upper-class girl in Ascot, perhaps, is put up to some purpose 27 Signs on in US, being full of bagel 30 Surplus fairground entertainment is set aside 32 Comic docked wild black-tailed marmoset 34 Empress of Blandings, say, hides somehow within a small stall 35 Cunning old king goes before end of ceremony 36 Sighting device could make boxer dead suspicious |
DOWN 1 Person with loose morals finally put in side? On the contrary 2 Fit (ie rent free) for a queen 3 Faux pas made by Genet adapting Feydeau farce, evidently, at first 4 Lyricist for a moment 5 Goddess ascendant, with topless robe, makes an exit 6 Ordinary leader of Tories is under pressure to choose 7 Perfect pudding 9 Downgrade senior churchman's one mistake over operation 11 Revolutionary American siren shot at dawn 13 Mineral carried around by itinerant 17 I invent a turn that used to be instinctive 18 Bigwig not born for speed 20 Splint-like pines, all wind-blown 22 Hearth of Midlothian? Sir Walter's mistaken friend heads team 24 Outline again in scarlet and green 28 Deep old drainage channel found within canyon's borders 29 Air on C string initially sent up as metallic dross 31 A salt acted with energy after ten 33 Terrier could lose rank and miss the mark |