famous characters from novels

[elliefe]

(1)certainly sounds like a boost for a buckinghamshire town(6,7)
(2)this older sibling becomes a dictator (3,7)
(3)to rid an orchestra of all traces of soap?(9)
(4)confused lover add one and finish in an inextricable tangle (6,5)
(5) plain not purl? then drop the 18thin some syrup (4,6)
(6)stalin or brand could join mao on a long one (2,5)
(7)mixed sets find what could be the location of a kentucky horse race (4,11)
(8) a bashful means of raising barges (7)
(9) shes a fit companion for a lord in a berkshire town(4,9)

[paulineward]

Kettledrum..I did make enqiuries!!
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[kettledrum]

I hope he's just enjoying some sporting event somewhere - I know he's v.keen on rugby, golf, cricket. Or maybe he's doing something with his family: I know his son is appearing on Who Wants to be a Millionaire some time soon..Poor man we don't have a monopoly on his time. But all the same I, like you, hope that he is well.