The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2009 04 17

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Flower girl unrelated to homophonic polyglot vet ELIZADOOLITTLE
"On these occasions he ceased to be a human –– whom an 'Oh Clarence!' could quell" (P. G. Wodehouse) DOORMAT
"–– - –– keeps Teacher well in sight" (Walter de la Mare) COPYCAT
Aida clone unexpectedly produced by Defoe CALEDONIA
Burns out of kilter AGLEY
Dramatic successes, possibly taken to court SMASHHITS
Elliott's fighting man takes money with hesitation SOLDIER
Ground gained where Romans invested ordains change INROADS
Writer's given name misled a lord ROALD
For Bloom, such journeys were all Greek ODYSSEYS
Waggery of breadhead pursuing pence as humorous writer DROLLNESS
He married Miss Lee in fear – denial possibly ARDEN
Tall man's schooner HESPERUS
Some bold-faced Richard Lionheart type from Scott CEDRIC
Soames as owner AMANOFPROPERTY
Seat of poetry and music in university plays PARNASSUS
Relaxed with source of Johnson's essays? IDLED
One of Updike's puzzles? PROBLEM
Novelist capable of giving one a lift CRANE
Ms Sontag not applicable as apocryphal wife SUSANNA
Larkin's seniors, seemingly deluded, and not as diabolical as those of friend Amis THEOLDFOOLS
He was not depressed by a blue period PICASSO
Short form suits poetry to a "t" VERSET
He domesticated sorex araneus PETRUCHIO
Concept anathema to Miss Keeldar's suitor LUDDISM
Ballantyne's pile of dead fish CORALISLAND
A wave of the arms UNDEE
Riches get suit back for Tennyson's eponymous poet LUCRETIUS
Twice a prizewinner for Iris Murdoch SEA
"Il n'y a que le premier –– qui coute" (Mme du Deffand) PAS