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frameshift | 09:12 Fri 22nd Jul 2011 | Crosswords
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Can anyone help, please? Stuck on left hand side.
7d An evening drink for one of Cleary's tramps (9) S - - - - - - - -
8d. South American writer adds his cameos, a new approach (7, 2, 5)
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Must be a reasonable one this week, because I don't usually come this close to finishing it. Thanks.
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7 sundowner?
Sundowners by jon Cleary 1951
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Thanks. I'll look into why. 8d I realised is Machado de Assis from the anagram of 'adds his cameos a'.
8d Machado de Assis?
Sorry didn't refresh - found him on Wikipedia south american writers!
sundowner is Australian slang for tramp
sundowner = alcoholic drink taken after sunset
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Thanks everyone. I found Cleary's most famous novel was 'The Sundowners' about a family moving across America.

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