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Matakari | 15:33 Sun 18th Jan 2009 | Crosswords
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Can someone tell me now if I am on the right track? I do not yet see the theme... Are these correct?

16 Ac : HENRY
38Ac: CYRIL
41Ac: ENDEAVOUR

5Dn: ISFAHAN
6Dn: PEAKING

And how am I doing with the following lights?

ACROSS
11. A ?AS?E?O?
17. BLA?KOI
34. ?FALA??

DOWN
23. ?A???I?S
29. P??L?VS
35.?E?OH

Any hints will be quite welcomed. Thanks.
  
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41a is incorrect. Think "will" as in last will and testament

note that 17a is only 5 letters BLA?K (bet you can fill in the 4th from there)
29d should be P??L?IS
35d is ?E?TH
41a isn't right. 16a,38a,5d and 6d are fine
The theme is Henry James, Cyril James and Phyllis James (P D James) with a book title which each has written
as a final hint the unclued lights are all authors and their works (pretty obvious from the preamble); all the authors share the same last name.
which, as Minoru points out, is JAMES! So much for subtlety.
35 d is incorrect
29d is incorrect
You have to look for the Common Factor
These are authors. Their first names appear .
Their surname is the common factor . It is James and the other unclued lights are books they have written . .
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I have seen the light now ,thanks to your ready help, dr b, copelander, minoru and shaneystar2. Everything has fallen into place so neatly! I am getting the hang of the Spectator puzzle which is quite different from most! Thanks again for your elightenment!

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