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[mra1]

I am stuck - any help will be appreciated
7d (9) Mendicant from Cumberland - C???E?I?E i thought Carmelite but this impinges on 10ac (5) O damn their Celtic twilight Peter thought Thank god I'm N???E 22ac (8) long distance writer T?R?I?E? and 27ac Shakespearian knight with connections to former heavyweight (3, 6) Sir ?I?R?E

[cathfromsaron]

noone?

[cathfromsaron]

wou like carmelite too

[cathfromsaron]

pierre?

[boxtops]

It can't be Pierre, that's 6

[cathfromsaron]

it says 6?

[cathfromsaron]

27a)

[boxtops]

Oh - you mean for 27a - I was looking at 10a the clue with Peter in it!

[mra1]

If Carmelite it would be Noore, if Noone it would be C?O?E?!?E - Pierre is fine any thoughts on long distance writer - the letters I have are correct

[cathfromsaron]

cooperite?

[mra1]

I am mystified - how does cooperite (a metal) relate to a mendicant which is a beggar?

[Calibax]

Carmelite looks OK
Richard Cumberland wrote 'The Carmelite'
Could 10a be Norse?

[mra1]

Thank you very much. Still stuck on long distrance writer (8) ??R?I?E? -would appreciate any help you coud give me!

[cathfromsaron]

airliner?

[shooty]

AIRLINER (someone who writes airs) ?

[bulliver]

(Penelope) Mortimer - wrote 'Long Distance'

[mra1]

You are a star - thank you?

[Calibax]

The only write I can think of that matches your letters is (Nadine) Gordimer but I can't see the 'long distance' connection.
I keep thinking it should be Alan Sillitoe!

[Calibax]

^Ah!, Well done bulliver

[cathfromsaron]

i was coming from 'liner' as in a make up pencil!

[tommy-h]

I`m thinking more along the lines of pierce of exton. any help with
9ac,spenserian chatelaine associated with mother in old school (4)a?m?