Tls

[mra1]

Reached the last 3 2 down He looked forward in the open door O????; Shaw's savvy socialist ???N?B?S and 12 across Like couple in Eden who had not altogether tied the knot S??I - working on possibilities if 10 across is BARNABAS then why? It would make 1 down O?A?? (Obama?) but I have no idea whatsoever re 12 across - does all this make sense and if so can any of the usual suspects help me please!!

[mra1]

Oops - not Obama O????? - cannot count either!

[factor-fiction]

You mention 2 down and 1 down- are these the same clue?

[factor-fiction]

oracle? A wild guess

[shaneystar2]

G B Shaw wote a book entitled An Unsocial Socialist the protaganist of which was Trefusis. Are you sure of the letters.

[mra1]

The N is in Dynamite (Kipling suggested it should be cooked frozen) the B Is Clavell's Noble House and the S is in Nostrum - which is a definitely correct answer

[boxtops]

The Shaw clue - Barnabas?

[slaney]

Barnabas (Savvy) GBS - Back to Methuselah

[shaneystar2]

He wrote a play
A Glimpse of the Domesticity of Franklin Barnabas so that could be it .
Sorry I'm not much help !

[mra1]

Thank you Slaney - with 2 down being Oracle that makes 12 across SE?I - only thing I can cup with is SEMI - does that fit properly?

[slaney]

Not done this yet but yes Semi wold fit....
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/242397.The_Semi_Attached_Couple_and_the_Semi_Detached_House

[slaney]

*would*

[boxtops]

I can't parse the clue, but SEMI means "not altogether" in some contexts, i.e. it was semi-finished.

[mra1]

Thank you Boxtops and Saneystar - I will go with that and grateful thanks also to Factorfiction and Slaney

[scooping]

Why oracle?

[slaney]

Full clue for 2d is --
He looked forward in the open doOR A CLEar view