Dt 27783

[chalky2850]

16d Pride drooling-lion's first to go out and last to tuck in (8)?N?????Y
14a Author's head failing to generate ideas (7,5) ?R?????,5
4d Civil War soldier perhaos or a recent revolutionary (2-7)

[SirOracle]

14 Writers Block ?

[chalky2850]

Yes Thank you

[SirOracle]

4d All I can get is re-enactor,an anagram. But cannot justify it as an answer.

[iminoz]

16d Snobbery?

[chalky2850]

Thank you .re-enactor works but no idea why!

[Jackdaw33]

Re-enactor is an anagram of or a recent.

[Jackdaw33]

...someone who re-enacts past battles, the historical equivalent of an anorak.

[iminoz]

16d Snobbery comes from slobbery, remove the L, but I can't see where the N comes from

[iminoz]

OK, it's the last letter of lion.....

[Jackdaw33]

Take out the first letter of Lion and replace it with the last.

[thomazine]

4d. anagram of or a recent