Tls

[lashley]

still stuck-help and parsing please
17a one has a book to read about italian rival of rome 8 ??L???A?
19a a british composer,almost fed up or happy 8 ?L??????
16d some investigative journalists to stir up in broadcast 7 I???M?T
17d jerome's book that's endlessly crude and boisterous at heart 7 ????I?E

[Neveracrossword]

19 Blissful - Bliss+Ful(l)

[Hazlinny]

19a Blissful ...Composer Bliss and ful/l

[Neveracrossword]

...Bliss was a British composer, I forgot to add that.

[Lie-in King]

17a Volscian - 'vol(ume; book) scan (read)' (about) 'I(talian)'

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volsci

16d Insight - "incite" in broadcast; heard

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insight_(Sunday_Times)

[Lie-in King]

17d Vulgate - 'vulga(r; endlessly)' + '(bois)te(rous)' (at heart)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulgate

[Lie-in King]

Apologies - the parse for 17a should be -

'vol(ume; book) scan (read)' (about) 'i' (one)

[lashley]

many thanks all