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[mra1]

Stuck on 2 (interrelated) Viz 15ac (4 & 4) a shoo-in from Francis ?E?? ?E?T
and Hillerman's participants inanimate here (5, 5) ??N?E ?A?E

Has anyone any ideas?

[bigbadmarty]

could 15 be easy meat as in francis bacon ?

[bibblebub]

2nd) Dance Hall - Tony Hillerman wrote Dance Hall of the Dead

[DaisyNonna]

Dance Hall. Anybody else read his books?

[mra1]

Dance Hall is fine - but 15 ac cannot be easy meat as the the second letter is definitely an E (quote from Tennyson) although the second word could be meat - did Francis Bacon mention dead meat perchance?

[bibblebub]

15a) left feet ???

[mra1]

Suits me - many thanks!

[mra1]

Sorry, just realised left feet w0nt do - has to be D from Hillerman Dance Hall
Back to drawing board folks!

[NC4BBQ]

Another string here establishes that DEAD CERT (a novel by Dick Francis, the title meaning "sure thing" or "shoo-in") belongs in 15ac.