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Last few. 11a What a bit of Czech's tale's about? (6) C - - - L -
1a One in major characters in a literary chess extravaganza? (5) A - - - E
Thanks.

[slaney]

1a Alice

[slaney]

If it's "one of the" major... or some such.

[bibblebub]

11a castle = anagram of c+tales - BUT that seems too simple for tls

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Yes it was, sorry for mix-up. One among major characters.............

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Why castle, though, Bibblebub?

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Would fit with IDOLS, which I think is 2d: Whiles away the time on radio with Binyon's verse (5)

[bibblebub]

Laurence Binyon did write The Idols, so that fits

and, maybe, the Czech Republic (or Czechoslaovakia) is well-known for its castles ???

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Just submitted and had one wrong answer, so it might be wrong after all? (could be another one, of course, but I can't see it)

[bibblebub]

sorry if that was my fault, hope you get another chance to submit

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Not to worry bibblebub, just suubmitted Sunday Times and all correct.

[bibblebub]

phew, and well done for the ST

[NC4BBQ]

Kafka, a Czech, wrote The Castle--maybe?

[roslyn251254]

frameshift - "castle" was correct for me when I submitted so your mistake must be elsewhere.