As Ever, Thanks In Advance,i Think I'm Losing The Plot:

[JOHNAUBREY]

43 across: single or double eyeglass, often with a handle.

I've got> L R N N

perhaps I've got several others wrong & who the celebrity is, Lord only knows.

[roslyn251254]

How many letters. Please use ??? for missing letters

lorgnette?

[fiction-factory]

can you clarify the pattern please- are there gaps between those letters/ how many letters altogether please?

[dannyk13]

Lorgnette

[donny48]

lorgnettes

[creamegg]

its only 7 letters I believe

[JOHNAUBREY]

Thanks - letters are ; L?R?N?N
I too assume lorgnette, but there's only 7 letters

[roslyn251254]

must be lorgnon then

[fiction-factory]

lorgnon

[JOHNAUBREY]

Thanks my friends, lorgnon is a new one on me, and spellchecker's never heard of it either. One lives and learns.

[MargoTester]

Lorgnon

[Mamyalynne]

This is handy.

http://chambers.co.uk/puzzles/word-wizard/

[MargoTester]

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/lorgnon

[fiction-factory]

Good afternoon Margo

[fiction-factory]

Yes, i had to use a solver tool as i'd never heard the term before

[MargoTester]

Good afternoon FF, new one on me too - def above

[Davemano]

It is another name for a lorgnette.