Stymied - last two: 4d) Stars making one tense playwright (5). I have O?T?N, and assume ORTON, but dunno why, and 16d) Book lacking energy in backing a Roman soldier's mother (8). ?O?U?N?A, and I have...
17ac) Pictures of mum hugged by wrinklies (3,6)
I have O?D, M?S?E?, and I can’t think past OLD MASTER - MA in OLDSTER,
but it has to be plural, surely?
Help, please!...
Last one, but can’t parse - help, please!
48d) Metal container overturned, lid missing. (7)
I have S?A?N?R, and am thinking SCANNER, but my brain has seized up......
Grrr. Last one: -
12ac: Designer at last in city like London (4).
I have ?R?N, and assume it's WREN, designer/architect, but I can't parse the rest. Mayday!!...
It's that time again...
Last one: 16d) Haughty peer, perhaps - he's too optimistic about a battle according to the First Folio. (9).
I have N?A?D?R?E, and am stumped....
Two to parse: 4d) Blessed possibly at a Dublin Abbey? (5) I have A?T?R, so presumably it's ACTOR - Brian? Abbey Theatre? Dunno.. and 16ac) Savage creature, one that's called a killer. (4) It's ?R?A,...
As usual, one last clue, seriously doing my head in.
I haven't enjoyed this one at all!
25d) Sei Shonagon's workers or Heraclitean characters (4)
I have ?T?S.
And I am fed up......
Grrrr. Thought I was going to finish this, but no.... 18ac) I'm thinking this writer's againstsmall animals (7) I have E?M??S and 19ac) She had Diomedes twirling, see, like a piper! (7) D?I?Y?E Help,...