333 down - Food and wages can be driven below the surface(4,5) I have grub stake as the answer.If this is right then what is the answer to 48 across,which reads Ambassador in 2 has nothing left among passions(3,11) Given that the theme seems to be Thomas Hardy books I thought of The Woodlanders,but if the "e" in grub stake is right,then I'm baffled as to the correct answer. Can anyone shed any light on this please? Thank you.