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[mra1]

Enlightenment please - I have completed it but am a trifle baffled with 16 down Defiant response to peasant's last goodnight - I have EXCELSIOR as the only word that fits E?C?L?I?R but dont get the wordplay. Anone any ideas?

[bibblebub]

[i]This was the peasant’s last Good-night,
A voice replied, far up the height,
Excelsior![i]

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow http://www.poetryloverspage.com/poets/longfellow/excelsior.html

[grasscarp]

We have some very learned ab ers

[bibblebub]

no, i simply did a search for 'peasant excelsior'

[grasscarp]

I still admire you

[mra1]

Thank you very much Bibblebub - good to know I was correct albeit without knowing why!

[bibblebub]

you're very welcome