Question Authority by Arsinoë

Letters from clue answers are transferred to their correspondingly numbered spaces in the grid, and vice versa, so as to reveal a quotation. Clue answers' initial letters will reveal (a form of) the speaker's name.

Each clue's wordplay portion leads to its answer, plus one extra letter (which may be found anywhere along its length). These letters, taken in order, will reveal three of the speaker's contemporaries.

A Raw Tennessee paramedic beat back crime show's stock in trade (11) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

45 102 168 66 133 161 87 145 34 118 14
B Love in truth embraces tension without subterfuge (7) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

73 134 10 78 148 53 132
C Confidently talk smack, say (4) ___ ___ ___ ___

36 104 32 89
D Jane Tower, reportedly a disgrace (7) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

151 37 97 156 51 113 171
E Skin repulsing below-average depilatory brand (4) ___ ___ ___ ___

70 146 48 124
F Heat dissipation melts hosiery bizarrely (11) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

33 90 4 86 163 64 126 25 80 154 58
G Throw stones at markers? How strange (7) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

49 65 136 26 117 79 9
H Throw water on one with pain from the neck down after retirement (10) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

17 83 77 100 166 119 29 157 71 39
I Tailor hemming in Mexican article cut revealing material (10) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

31 91 3 75 152 43 105 143 122 11
J List of keywords essential to Amerind lexicography (5) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

112 169 144 135 42
K Mythical river in Morocco perhaps having no end in sight (5) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

138 40 115 60 44
L With date lost, misplaced, nimble gigolo shows something extra (8) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

24 82 153 59 162 68 129 96
M Military unit losing head in combat crisis (6) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

165 74 62 52 121 38
N Flipped some switches to permanent "off" position (6) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

140 41 158 2 88 123
O Certain rabbits at a watering hole lose hope (7) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

35 108 167 84 7 155 130
P Examine glass shards digitally classified as Babylonian? (11) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

18 85 147 106 141 21 170 125 12 93 30
Q It modifies revolutionary support stocking we weaved, ignoring the odds (6) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

61 20 107 142 101 16
R Primarily how nasty Bluto is at first? (7) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

94 15 99 81 159 5 72
S Plague curtailed feasting at sea (6) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

46 1 55 22 6 109
T Drive through Adriatic seaport (4) ___ ___ ___ ___

114 23 54 103
U Habitual drinker has mangled timeless quote in complicated fashion (9) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

131 139 116 19 98 127 47 95 63
V Not influenced by column periodically discussing material for handbags (8) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

149 8 13 120 57 92 50 160
W Brought up edited photographs lacking the first bit of originality (7) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

150 56 128 28 110 67 76
X Asian nation's hard workers making nothing restricted (5) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

137 69 164 111 27

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To enter this competition send the list of clue answers, plus the three names of the speaker's contemporaries, to derekharrison@yahoo.com before the 8th March 2008. The first correct solution picked will receive a copy of Chambers Biographical Dictionary which has been donated by the publishers.

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