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[mra1]

Stuck on the last 2 23 across Don Pedro's made a dramatic appearance at dinner ?T???! (think it might relate to MUch Ado but cannot find it! and 24 down Form of verb that's taught, say ??NE Can anyone help please?

[dannyk13]

24d.Tense (sounds like taut)

[mra1]

thank you dannyk13! Should have got that

[Captain2]

Does 24d cross 23a and give us an extra letter?

[mra1]

That now makes 23 across ?T?T?I - anyone any ideas

[BlackadderV]

Statue? Just a guess, I don't know the play.

[scorpiojo]

Danny, what does stetti mean?

[shoota]

The commendatore in Don Giovanni is called Don Pedro and his statue comes to life....

[BlackadderV]

There is also a play called Don Pedro by Richard Cumberland, but I can find no information about it on Wiki.

[scorpiojo]

Ignore me

[dannyk13]

There is also a cocktail called Don Pedro

[shoota]

Scene 5 – Don Giovanni's chambers

Giovanni revels in the luxury of a great meal, served by Leporello, and musical entertainment during which the orchestra plays then-contemporary late-18th-century operatic music: "O quanto in sì bel giubilo" from Vicente Martín y Soler's Una cosa rara (1786), "Come un agnello" from Giuseppe Sarti's Fra i due litiganti il terzo gode (1782) and finally, "Non più andrai" from Mozart's own The Marriage of Figaro (1786).[19] (Finale "Già la mensa preparata" – "Already the table is prepared"). Elvira appears, saying that she no longer feels resentment for Giovanni, only pity. ("L'ultima prova dell'amor mio" – "The final proof of my love"). Surprised by her lack of hatred, Giovanni asks what it is that she wants, and she begs him to change his life. Giovanni taunts her and then turns away, praising wine and women as the "support and glory of humankind" (sostegno e gloria d'umanità). Hurt and angry, Elvira gives up and leaves. A moment later, her scream is heard from outside the walls of the palace, and she returns only to flee through another door. Giovanni orders Leporello to see what has upset her; upon peering outside, the servant also cries out, and runs back into the room, stammering that the statue has appeared as promised. An ominous knocking sounds at the door. Leporello, paralyzed by fear, cannot answer it, so Giovanni opens it himself, revealing the statue of the Commendatore. With the D minor cadences from the overture now accompanying the bass voice ("Don Giovanni! A cenar teco m'invitasti" – "Don Giovanni! You invited me to dine with you"), the Commendatore offers a last chance to repent, but Giovanni adamantly refuses. The statue disappears and Don Giovanni cries out in pain and terror as he is surrounded by a chorus of demons, who carry him down to Hell. Leporello, watching from under the table, also cries out in fear

[mra1]

Right everyone - Statue makes sense but then completely throws me at 20 down - I had Eliseus (anagram of uses lie) - clue being Seat of mysteries uses lie indiscriminately but if statue is correct that gives 3 "e"s and no i. Have any of you any ideas on the subject?

[BlackadderV]

Eleusis

[shoota]

What is the letter pattern for 'Eliseus' ?

[BlackadderV]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleusis

[mra1]

Ah - was not sure about 27 across - Twain's naivety say in foreign parts - I know the title is Innocents (plural noun) but on the face of the clue I had innocence - however obviously the former is the correct answer! Thanks very much everyone including Blackadderv for cracking the last one