23d Queen guillotined, end of reign denoting a certain sign (5) AR?EN
Mary with her head chopped off would give ARYEN but can't find that in Chambers. Gtfl suggestions. Tks....
28a Cormac McCarthy's claim. Or did he fake it? (2,5,5) ?E ?I?R? F?C?T In the puzzle there are references to Cormac McC the author and Cormac McC the Irish chieftain/king associated with the Blarney...
17a Piece of music is about the French soldier of old (5) M?L?S 6d Music school turning up Mozart scholar's letter and part of early quartet (4) N?R? Getting nowhere on these two. Many thanks any...
Gtfl if one of you kind people who have done this could tip me off as to the British crime writer. Have completed the grid and can see some words for the titles needed but can't put them together....
15d kiss in a place near Windsor - one that destroyed a monarch (5) E?T?? (exton??) 20a Player possibly striking ball poetically over surrounding fence (6) ?P???R Found this tough today and too...
Could someone advise me if there is a mix-up over 16d Burl Ives' burly patriarch (3,5) which i assume should be Big Daddy, but my grid in the print edition has nine spaces. The third, fifth and...
stuck in bottom left corner 16d Changing pain reliever's good for energy (8) ?O?P???? 21d A peacemaker cut up about vitamin shot (5) V????
many tks yr help...