Tls 1019

[highbury57]

26a He made us see things as they are(6)
I have G*D*O*
Godson? and if so,why?
1DWelsh character as Scottish hardman(from Carlisle we hear)
B*G*I*
The rest was ok. 2d is six letters not nine, so anagram of snares
Help please

[puzzlemaniac]

26a - could be Gideon
1d is Begbie, character in Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh played by Robert Carlisle

[highbury57]

Yes to Begbie! But if Gideon then why? I can't find the biblical verses.

[Meenmai]

I believe the General was NARSES

[dannyk13]

Narses, a Byzantine general

[dafyddapgwilym]

I'm stuck on 22d: Heard in sit-com's Boston bar?
I have B-A-- (last letter will be O if Gideon is right, but I can't parse that either...).
Au secours, svp!!

[dannyk13]

Bravo? (If the sitcom is Cheers)

[highbury57]

Any advance on why 26a is Gideon?

[walgraver]

26A - I think this is Godard (Jean Luc) French film director and
22D is blair (blare ?)
I,m stuck with
11D - a shrub for the huntress (12) I have ?O?T?E?N?O?D
20D - 'down slideth ___ from her crystal chair' (Michael Drayton) I have ?T?E?E - Athene ?

[mallyh]

11d southernwood?

[Captain2]

Southernwood
Plant
Artemisia abrotanum is a flowering plant. Found in Europe, the genus Artemisia was named for the goddess Artemis. Wikipedia

[dafyddapgwilym]

Eureka! 26ac is GODWIN
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Things_as_They_Are;_or,_The_Adventures_of_Caleb_Williams
which leaves 22d as B-A-I...

[Captain2]

No idea if this will lead anywhere but the only sitcom set in a Boston bar that I know of is Cheers

[slaney]

Bravi - then.

[dafyddapgwilym]

Why BRAVI ?? Please put me out of my misery.......

[Captain2]

Nice one slaney - presumably my Cheers = BRAVI = as in well done?

[slaney]

Yes...
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bravo

[highbury57]

20d is Phoebe.
Thanks for Godwin and bravI! Dinner can now be a sane affair.

[walgraver]

OK if 20D is Phoebe what is 23A ? -I have 'trust' which fits with Fuller, don't know about Penn