Inquisitor 1286

[boreas]

Is 25 A the first name of the author named Nin?
How does the clue work?

[dannyk13]

Anais Nin?

[Calibax]

What is the clue please?

[sandyRoe]

didn't she write mucky books?

[Baldric]

Anaïs Nin was an American author born to Spanish-Cuban parents in France,

[cupid04]

Do tell!

[sandyRoe]

Cupid,
from Wiki

Nin is hailed by many critics as one of the finest writers of female erotica. She was one of the first women known to explore fully the realm of erotic writing, and certainly the first prominent woman in the modern West known to write erotica. Before her, erotica acknowledged to be written by women was rare, with a few notable exceptions, such as the work of Kate Chopin.

[Neveracrossword]

Boreas - I didn't fully understand the clue (Madame Nin's collection to brood over) but this was one of my last few answers, so I stuck my answer in anyway.

[slaney]

I thought it might be - Collection=ANA, brood = SIT reversed(over) tIS with T as the extra letter in the wordplay.

[boreas]

Thanks everybody.
Sorry for delay in replying but my connection has been down.

But I worked it out same reasoning as Slaney.