Saga January

[Jan56]

1D Byronic female on fire? (6) ............SAPPHO............if so Why?
27A Pulling face curse girl (6)............ALISON............again why?

[Kakuro1]

(m)alison. malison is a curse

[ulysses100]

Byron alludes to the story of Sappho in “Childe Harold,” Canto II.: “Childe Harold sailed and passed the barren spot
Where sad Penelope o’erlooked the wave,
And onward viewed the mount, not yet forgot,
The lover’s refuge and the Lesbian’s grave.
Dark Sappho! could not verse immortal save
That breast imbued with such immortal fire?

[Jan56]

Now I see, many thanks

[BigDave44]

... and in Don Juan

THE isles of Greece! The isles of Greece!
Where burning Sappho loved and sung,
Where grew the arts of war and peace,
Where Delos rose and Phoebus sprung!