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[Spaghetti]

I've been looking at these two on and off all day.

15 ac A mania from Ireland (8) I have ?c?i?b?e - looks like SCRIBBLE, but why?

14d Contemplative man's companion (8). I have l?l?e?r?

Can anyone help, please?

[Pentalpha8]

14d L'allegro .Pastoral poem by Milton companion to Il Penseroso which is about a day spent in contemplation

[pbeach]

Scribble / Scabble?

[pbeach]

Scribble / Scrabble?

[Spaghetti]

Thanks, Pentalpha8. I was subjected to Paradise Lost at school more than 40 years ago and have given Milton a wide berth ever since, so I doubt whether I would ever have got there.

[slaney]

William Henry Ireland wrote Scribbleomania

[Spaghetti]

Thank you, slaney. The answer should really be scribbleo, shouldn't it?

[slaney]

Yes - or the clue to have read "A round mania..." :o)