All clues contain an extra word. In clue order, the
initial letters of these words spell out a work and its
author; that work shares a characteristic with the completed
grid. Identifying that characteristic will provide the
necessary information for solvers to complete the unclued
entry at 11 across.
ACROSS
7
Woman’s last to suspect affair – husband leaves loving note
(7)
8 One’s not well advised to attack,
all but blocked by Light Infantry (7)
10
Japanese leader disrupted Hakkinen’s party
(6)
11 Unclued
12 Skin
infection fairly regularly ignored by men at first
(4)
13 Arthur Scargill has Loony Left in
prime position for final effort (4,6)
14
Epitaph isn’t particularly ironic, Dicky admits quietly
(11)
19 Illegal trade assisted group of
Nicaraguan rebels? (10)
22 French writer
not half geting pulse racing (4)
23 Time
among evil infidels is never to be forgotten
(8)
24 Lack of co-ordination is a tiresome
burden, I accepted (6)
25
Former prison inmate kidnaps North
American (7)
26 Henry observes group of stars
outside Zack’s initial range of vision (7)
DOWN
1 Tout’s very nearly legal
(7)
2 General’s arm wasn’t twisted –
that’s a false argument (5,3)
3 Remove
headgear from a French emissary to intimidate legates,
principally (6)
4 We’ve both got the same
old ruined picture! (8)
5 Large building
resembling Elizabethan garden houses (6)
6
Bread with a bit of butter perhaps good for rapid heartbeat?
(7)
9 One term in stylish establishment is
how concert pianists are trained? (11)
15
Show approval of Shakespearean character making comeback?
Nonsense (8)
16 I’ll donate pounds
endlessly for translating ancient laguage
(3,5)
17 Extremist element briefly
represented by leaders of Hamas originally
(7)
18 Where Congress meets in Washington
DC? That’s nothing for a
Republican (7)
20 Difficult old
character enraged Yankee (6)
21 Cavalryman
fires a round, frightening cleaning woman
(6)
