18 January 2018
Crossword by Boffles
Novel Stuff
Across
1 The wrong one was sent to Ishmaelia in ‘Scoop’ (4)
3 Fortunate James (5,3)
8 At the top or with a view? (4)
9 Ten were made by Lord Sauron, we are told (5)
12 She got tired of provincial life (6,6)
14 James Clavell wrote about a king one (3)
17 Suicidal countess (4,8)
20 Leave twice left for a Russian writer (5)
21 ‘Portnoy’s Complaint’ was accused of it (7)
22 20ac was one and Thackeray another (8)
23 Raunchy one set in a racing stable? (4)
Down
1 Helps you to keep your place (8)
2 Used by three men in a boat (3)
4 Home of 5 & 7dn (2)
5 Author of abattoir classic (4,8)
6 Dumas wrote about a man in an iron one (4)
7 Famously wrote about the undressed and the deceased (6,6)
10 The setting of ‘Wuthering Heights’ and ‘Jane Eyre’ (5)
11 Kept 7dn under surveillance for many years (3)
13 The subject of a guide for travellers without a car (6)
15 Jean Harlow wrote one called Today is this part of the day, whatever that means (7)
16 Like so many others, ‘…… with Wolves’ was turned into a film (6)
18 Foolish subject for Dostoevsky work (5)
19 To be found with Beans and Crumpets at the Drones (4)
