Many thanks to the contributors of last week's answers. The two I looked up did the trick and after at least 10 years of sending in the crossword, my husband and I were runners up last week!! ...
The official and foreign-sounding name of the peaceful and noble complex of buildings built on the Egyptian ruins of 40,000 books destroyed in a terrible fire in the First Century B.C.
Thought I was home and dry, but these still elude me:- (1)9a. Novelist showing firm character except at the end (7). I have C?L?T?? (Thought it might be COLETTE but can't see why). (2)11a. Suffers,...
Being interested in crosswords I have noted with interest many references to SIR LANCELOT on the ANSWER BANK. Is it a magazine or a page in a paper or what? Excuse my ignorance!