The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2009 08 21

crossword answers
Clue Answer
"We all assume that –– said it" (Dorothy Parker) OSCAR
C. Day Lewis worked these openings to death OVERTURES
Descriptive of swift clinch, say CLEVER
Friend of 19 is bitter with new composition BRITTEN
Seed of opening phrase in children's story SESAME
Selkirk changed course CRUSOE
Star attraction in book FOOTNOTE
The dialogue concerning Joe? REPUBLIC
Gigantic size of book of maps? ATLANTEAN
Gold at lair of 5's creator AUDEN
Sea-god said to be sea-green GLAUCUS
Pylon School member's drama settled bilaterally PAIDONBOTHSIDES
Paper got up by Hergesheimer FOOLSCAP
Niobe case re-examined in expression of respect OBEISANCE
Mrs Humphry Ward protagonist awarded victory by Mary Braddon ELEANOR
Mechanical producer of Shakespeare QUINCE
Location of storm? or sleepy creature? TEAPOT
Knight's theme IMPERIAL
Isabella Mary offered thought for food BEETON
Ira? Bob, perhaps? or Luca, the sculptor? ROBBIA
He seems to thrive on nothing on a noisy island PROSPERO
He felt that discretion was not the better part of biography STRACHEY
Gustafson's was not dry LANDSCAPE
Value on margin of Irish writer EDGEWORTH
Suburban provenance of a woman once in the right RICHMOND
French opera OEUVRES
Foolish knight also once adored AGUECHEEK
Humorous writer strikes severe note STERNE
Orators who hit top form after a second SPEAKERS