araucaria 24577

[davey b]

Can anyone explain why "State of the art in retreat in place of writer - in place of vampire?" would be TRANSYLVANIA ?

[amalgam]

I think the most famous vampire came from Transylvania?

ART is backwards, but I can't understand the rest of the cryptic part of the clue.

BTW, the answers to 57 and 58 are not in the correct alphabetical order!

[davey b]

Thanks amalgam. ART is as far as I got as well.

[kettledrum]

art << in place of pen (writer) ... Pennsylvania (state).

[davey b]

Thanks kettledrum.