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[yellow11]

have ground to a halt -help please
13a warner's sort of pursuit 9 ??????O?E
27a it takes a solid view of the abstract 10 ???????I??
29a IT views the altar without altering the view 10 ???????O??
4d castle on forest edge reveals deeds of notorious highwayman 8 R?O?@??O?
thanks-explanations welcome

[Annie 2]

Warner's sort of pursuit could be "The Pursuit of Happiness"

[yellow11]

THANKS-BUT THE O AND E ARE DEFINITELY RIGHT

[puzzlit]

castle =rook?

[Annie 2]

29a Bridegroom

[Annie 2]

27a Concretism

[yellow11]

MANY THANKS-I'LL SEE IF THEY WORK

[pjwillcox]

Rex Warner wrote The Wild Goose Chase so wildgoose would fit.

[pjwillcox]

... and Rookwood for 4d is a book about Dick Turpin.

[pjwillcox]

Could you help with 10a ??
For 17 years a friend of Lear, though unacquainted with the Owl (4) ?O?S
Tks

[pjwillcox]

think 29a is HAGIOSCOPE (which a view of the altar in church), which leaves 17d (Odd comrade I associate with one who lost a ound, yet became richer) as ?U?D?C?I

[yellow11]

10ais his cat foss-edward lear
ps thhink 20a is lodovico not ludovico

[JMR27]

17d Mordecai?

[yellow11]

thanks all-mordecai is right as in mordecai RICHlER