TLS 911

[flocker]

26 ac
Mary Mccarthy associated them with novel (5)
I?L?s
It should surely be IDEAS but the middle letter must be L to fit the essyaist - so is it ISLES?

[slaney]

As Mary McCarthy wrote " Ideas and the Novel" Ideas would seem right.
What is the clue for the essayist?

[flocker]

Slaney 14 dn
Essayist coolly concealing names 8
C?N?O??? must surely be Connolly - the second L clasing with ideas - I don't get it!

[slaney]

Agree - must be Connolly - I don't get it either!

[roslyn251254]

So far , one correct submission and 1entry with 1 error on the Times Xword Club site.

[walgraver]

I agree, it must be 'isles' Therefore it's not Mary McCarthy but some other McCarthy - any ideas ?

[walgraver]

If, as seems likely, 26A is either a misprint or a mis-attribution, has anybody told TLS Tantalus and will we get an explanation ?

[flocker]

what's going on here? all answers have disappeared!

[flocker]

where have all the answers gone?