Tls 1299

[dafyddapgwilym]

Hey-ho: it's that "last one & I am bamboozled again" time.
10ac) Poet and clergyman Thomas is a standard Dickens character (7)
I have ? (or maybe E, if it's DIRT for the Fat Owl of The Remove)?R?E?L.
Gr...

[dafyddapgwilym]

I mean DIET, of course.

[JJ109]

The fat owl of the remove refers to Billy Bunter, so what is the clue for that?

It looks like BARDELL

[scorpiojo]

Par (standard) Nell (Dickens character)

[dafyddapgwilym]

5down is: Information or advice for Billy Bunter? (4)
I have D???
Thank you for Bardell!

[scorpiojo]

Not Parnell?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Parnell

[dafyddapgwilym]

Parnell I like even more! Leaving Bunter clue as, maybe, DOPE?
Thanks very much to both/all.

[elliemay1]

diet

[dafyddapgwilym]

Yup: DOPE as in, do P.E.
:)

[scorpiojo]

r Among the Cannibals - Friardale

But it was some time before Billy Bunter was able to give them the "dope." For quite a long time, Bunter's remarks were limited to "Ow!" //