14d and 26a seem to clash as reported earlier. 'Essayist coolly concealing names' looks very much like CONNOLLY and 'Mary McCarthy associated them with novel' looks like IDEAS since she wrote 'Ideas and the Novel'. That puts an L in the middle of 26a if CONNOLLY is correct. Anyone worked out the riddle?
Also, why is 24d TITHE for 'Levy though not on poet amy'?
Thanks a lot.