I am submitting this for my elderly neighbour who has no access to a computer. She is doing this quiz and the following clues are the ones she either cannot get or she is unsure of her answer. She is happy to trade other answers. 4. Pirate officer shot (7,4) 52. This sailor did wrong, we hear - wicked! (7) 55. Barman puts drink on the bar (7) 62. Important find in a hand-bag (6,8) 64. Confused, I laze to be lazy, you hear, and join gala tea (5,9) 72. Dodgson's threat (3,6) 86. Mrs.Archer, perhaps, had detailed rodents (7,4)
Think 62 is Ernest Worthing, character in Importance (ref to this in clue) of Being Earnest who was found in a hand-bag. His real name is Jack but he assumes the name Ernest.
52 sounds like it could be Sinbad but wrong no. of letters.
For 72, Lewis Carroll's real name was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, this be along the lines of the solution...
She has Sindbad, its one shes not sure about but I showed her it on google and it seems it can be spelled either way!
Thanks for all your speedy replies!!
Blueterrier, do you have,
49. This constable's comparisons are odorous (8)
53. Simple sailor (2,10,4)
79. With grapes and water out of reach, he chewed sultana after tea, we hear (8)
My neighbour had ruled out Circe as she was both a sorceress and enchantress, apparently no mention of her being a shepherdess.
This is from Google:
Kirke (Circe) is the daughter of Helios (the Sun) and Perseis, which would make her the grand-daughter of Okeanos (Ocean).
On her island... in her palace... Kirke waits for lost sailors to come wandering to her door as supplicants. Normally, a traveler is treated as a special guest but with Kirke, travelers are drugged and then served as dinner.
As you Like It fits the "courtly" bit of the clue....
answer could well be Phebe, but I'm still toying with Celia (disguised as the shepherdess Alenia)