Tls 999

[banksia]

Stuck on two. 5d evidently offered by Riddell's tragedy. I have S???N?E
3d Painter portrayed him on paper. (5,4) I have ????E ?I?E

[emeritus]

5d Silence

[emeritus]

http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/A_Silent_Tragedy_A_Novel.html?id=9QhRmgEACAAJ&redir_esc=y

[factor-fiction]

Seen in Crosswords as Andre Gide

[emeritus]

3 André Gide

[banksia]

Thanks a lot! I thought I would then be able to work out 1a. But it eludes me still. Cicero's remarks were Greek to him. C?S?A. Looks like Costa, bit is it, and of so why?

[slaney]

Casca...Julius Caesar.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_to_me

[banksia]

Ah, the penny drops. Thanks, Slaney?