One left stumping me. 9a. Portraitist, Old Englsh, seen in torn shroud by front of tomb (9). When I first scanned this, I thought maybe anag. OE SHROUD T which does give HERODITUS but he wasn't a... ...
Completed but left with one I can't parse. 6d Swift output? It gets less swift, maybe (7). SATIRES but why SA? What am I missing that's probably staring me in the face?
Would much appreciate confirmation or otherwise of my last two. 25a Like Zeus or the TLS's parent? (10) So THUNDEROUS but where does the TLS fit in? 19d. One thinking one is a painter (7) I suppose... ...
7d. Something slippery in Upton Sinclair novel hit hard (7). O?L?A?K. OILTANK parses but I can't find any confimation that it can be one word. Am I on the wrong track?
Last one. 8d. One of a group Odysseus at last destroyed in heartless rage (5). S?R?N. Probably obvious but don't see it. Also problem for me parsing 1a. Regular event somehow represented in mono?... ...
Last clue to solve is 5d. Funky saxophone tone comes from this philosopher too (10). I have X?N?P?A?E? so I assume XENOPHANES. I can see SAX+PHONE there (if that's on the right track) but stumped... ...
As ever one last clue to solve: 18a. Note a writer's written about Boulle's characters (6) I have A?E?E? so APEMEN but I can't fully parse it. Would very much appreciate help.
This happens to me quite often and I can't explain why. For two days and disturbed nights I've been trying to solve one last clue, namely in this instance 24d. Groan as American supports head of... ...
Hello experts. Yet again I'm stumped by one final clue: 20a. A novelist writing flipping newspapers, in part (1,1,4). ? S ?A?P I'm also not comfortable with (at least my solution to) 21a.... ...
One last one stumping me after a valiant effort (as so often happens: who can explan that?). 28a One accepted encompassing Parthenon's central section (6). ATHENA parses (AA around THEN) but if... ...
Last one has been stumping me for too long this morning. 15d. Tease ultimately eccentric lady who's reading A Guide to the Birds of East Africa (8). I have ?W?T?H?R, so presumably TWITCHER (i.e.... ...
Last one and I'll be done but can't be sure of the solution. Wake one hugging king and a general's missus (8). Presumably Virginia but what is the allusion and how does it parse?
22a. Actor in traditional drama, backing this Irish poet (5). I have M?H?N. I assume MAHON, and can see HON reversed but I don't get either MA or the actor. Am I on completely the wrong tack?
I fairly romped throught this but have fallen at the last two (intersecting) hurdles, namely: 5a Groom hero to cut his centrepiece in wood (6). I have ?O???T 7d Missing the ending can upset a poet... ...
I have two left for this week's puzzle which are getting to me and would appreciate help. 16d. One supporting Dedalus works by a small hotel (8). I have ?S?P?A?T. Presumably Harry Potter and ASH (A...