There are misprints in some clues ...also some clashes in the grid....so crossers may not help.. 1a Does poorly after accompanist's treated (8) 10a Greek nymph briefly goes back after a coloured hat...
7d Late German author's wife with boring story about a detective's wife in danger (5,6,4) G?A?S / ?I???S / ?A?E 20a A writer of drama, mostly gritty, died in a Cheshire town (9) ??E???A?E possibly...
1a A 19th century novel in which an editor's contributions are more evident than usual (6,8)
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26a Roaring Forties voyage in a nautical novel 5,2,7
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The clue at each number is really two clues run together, one for each side of the puzzle; either may come first. Pairs of clues are divided by a redundant letter to be removed before solving,...
I'm not really getting how the downs work/fit in... With one exception each down clue has an extra letter provided through wordplay to form the entry... 2d Ed's visor dead centre in basinet cupped in...