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[mra1]

Am starting this again although it partly refers to the previous - I have Printer's Mark for 14 across - Branding iron not appropriate as the second half was mark I have S?C???L?E for 15 down (His tragedy came first) and am also stuck on 17 down (8) is he in Leinster? Not entirely this Friday writer ?E?N???N ; 19 down (5) they provided Chopin's keys ???Y?L; 23 across (5) Mortimer's seasonal country house ????A and 24 across (6) Roman School composer brothers from a north-eastern South American city A???I? - has anyone any ideas?

[shoota]

Could 15d be 'Sophocles'? - He is a contender for having written the 1st tragedy.

[shoota]

19d Pleyel - http://www.reuters.com/article/2007/03/21/us-arts-chopin-idUSL2141309320070321

[shoota]

24a Anerio - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Roman_school_composers

[shoota]

23a Siena - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer's_Lease

[mra1]

Cannot be Sophocles as the C comes into Thessalonica (Philip's daughter in Herodotus Therma) if 23 across is Siena then 19 down is ?DE?Y?L but if PLEYEL is correct then 23 across is ??L?A !!!!!!

[Mamyalynne]

15 (Thomas) Sackville?

"The Elizabethan dramatists found Seneca's themes of bloodthirsty revenge more congenial to English taste than they did his form. The first English tragedy, Gorboduc (1561), by Thomas Sackville "

[mra1]

thank you Mamaylynne

[Mamyalynne]

23 Villa ?


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer's_Lease

[shoota]

23a Will be 'Villa' then

[shoota]

17d Tennyson fits your letter count but I can't find any corroboration

[mra1]

It's the only thing I could come up with too Shoota so I think I will go with that - many thanks

[slaney]

17d He in lein - (Robert A) wrote "Friday"

[Mamyalynne]

poloies for repeating your link Shoota, poor eyes.

[shoota]

It is Anerio - A N(orth) E(astern) RIO

[Mamyalynne]

^ Apologies

[mra1]

On reflection that wont do - I now have ?E?N?E?N GRRRRRRRRRRR

[shoota]

They look fine to me ma'am ;-)

[shoota]

Slaneys got it mra at 18.08

[mra1]

Thank you all very much - could not possibly have done it without you!

[shoota]

Welcome