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26a Valley of romantic novelist (4) D - L - Could be DALE or DELL, both of whom seem to be romantic novelists, but which is it?
It's linked to 10a which is 26 found one in the desert (4) - A - -
Thanks.

[jollyroger66]

dune
sand

[jollyroger66]

Not happy with above ^^^^

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Sorry, but the third letter is definately 'L'. from 14d Bunch (POSY) with antiquated item (FOSSIL) in Streatfield (4, 6) giving POSY FOSSIL a character that Streatfield wrote about.

[slaney]

26a Dell - Edith
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethel_M._Dell
She wrote The Lamp in the Desert..
10a Lamp

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Thanks a lot, Slaney.