Inquisitor 1209

[Telescoper]

Typically fiendish one, this, but I think I'm almost there.

Can't get 8across though:

Japanese waitress quits, according to playwright, after sumo wrestling (7)

I have MMOUSE?, but the letters spelling MOUSE have be rearranged to fit the theme, so the actual word has them in a different order and there's also a T from the wordplay that is omitted in the solution.

This may be wrong, however, as 4 down is

Climbing, fit jumps for Ed (4)

for which I have LEP? (with a missing L from the wordplay)

Any offers?

[dr b]

mousmee

[dr b]

meet is "quits" according to Shakespeare

[dr b]

leps, which is spell (fit) reversed less the L

[Telescoper]

Great! Many thanks. MOUSMEE is in Chambers so I should have got it. That means LEP? is correct for 4dn. Do you know what that is?

[Telescoper]

..still don't get the "jumps for Ed"...

[dr b]

"Ed" usually refers to Edmund Spenser, so some archaic or invented usage of his. I did answer this just above.

[dr b]

http://www.wordnik.com/words/lep

[Telescoper]

Thanks. I doubt if Spenser was ever called Ed, even by his pals!

[Voulez-vous]

Think you need to rearrange MOUSMEE to Mmousee, or similar? I've posted now so can't quite remember!

[dr b]

I believe they called him "Eddie baby"

[Telescoper]

Yes, MOUSMEE becomes MMOUSEE in the grid because of the themed rearrangement of a thing that wasn't stirring.

[Voulez-vous]

I went with LEPS.