times cryptic 966

[imagcq]

44 across novelist replaced divots,OK?Yes obviously an anagram i thought this was dostoyevsky but the letters are wrong any ideas

[MarkRae]

1) How many letters?

2) Which letters, if any, do you already know?

[baitress]

dostoyevski

[imagcq]

hi markrae 11 letters none in place from the clue i assumed the letters are divots ok yes

[imagcq]

that works baitress but i cant find it spelt that way

[baitress]

the I comes from the down clue
play it by ear.

[MarkRae]

http://www.google.co....on=1&biw=1600&bih=785

[imagcq]

a big thanks to you both i shall have to update the russian novelist wikipedia as they dont spell it that. at least the anagram riddle is sorted thanks again

[MarkRae]

Please don't do that!!! ...sky is the accepted Latinised spelling.