Inquisitor 1323

[Ripper]

Sorry my heading got confused!

I've got nearly all the grid filled in, with some 'clashes'. Odd animals seem to be appearing, but now I'm completely stuck!
What I need is the quotation, but I've no idea where to look for it! I sort of assumed that the title was an anagram (struggle)
Please could some kind person give me a shove in the right direction?
Thanks in advance

[Kobnut]

the nominal changes will give you the quotation's author pen name instead of his real name.

[Ripper]

I've now accumulated a veritable 'zoo' of animals, but I'm none the wiser!
I assume I have to change the animals to other things, but unless I know what to change them to, I don't know the nominal changes, so I can't get the pseudonym or quotation!
I think I'm making this more difficult than it is!
Also, in the end are we left with 'real' words?
I'm just stuck!

[Gregsdad]

Think it's to do with hierarchies in a famous political work of the 1940s

[Ripper]

Thank you Kobnut & Gregsdad.
I'm reasonable sure about the book & possibly the quotation, but I need to know if my final grid should be filled with 'real' words?
This is driving me potty, but I'm determined to solve it!
Thanks again

[Gregsdad]

Ripper

Am still working on it but doesn't look like it to me. Certainly not 1A anyway. I think the 'characters' tp be chnaged are there and at 32A 39A and 14D. I have the eight-letter group but not the thematic character as yet.

[Ripper]

Thanks Gregsdad
Yes I have the same grid numbers as you and the animals - but have no idea what to change them to!
Well done for finding the eight letter group - I haven't!
I've an idea what the thematic character might be, but until I know what to change the 'beasties' to I can't confirm I'm correct!
What a way to spend a rainy, Sunday afternoon!!!

[Gregsdad]

I have dog, cat, cow, hen(s) and possibly, mule....haven't had time to really think it through yet...saomething to do with the 'pecking order'in AF.

[christamacm]

There are 5 creatures to be altered, and the forms they take are of a particular type (the thematic character being one of this type).

[Red Dave]

I have finished the grid. I have written the name of an eight letter character under the grid and those letters enable me to enter five animals of a similar type in the grid - creating non-words.

But, could anyone give me a hint please to suggest what the quotation is? I know the work in question quite well but cannot work out what the quote might be for the life of me!

[Ripper]

Glad it's not just me who is finding this difficult.
I think that the quotation may be "a a a e b s a a m e t o"
Gosh - this has got my "little grey cells" working (overtime!)
Can some kind person give me a hint to the 'group of eight cells' please?

[christamacm]

Hi Ripper,
The group of 8 cells represents something that Boxer had to contend with whilst alive. It appears in graphical as well as literal form.

[Gregsdad]

Hi Ripper, as Christamacm says it's depicted figuratively in the middle of the grid

[boreas]

I've been told there's an animal in 20 down, but can't see one.
Any help?

[oudemia]

I'm in the same boat, Ripper! I've got the animals, the eight cells, the nominal changes (very nice) and a fair idea of the quote, I just can't see what I'm supposed to change the animals to.
If you're still struggling with the 8 cells, the title is both a cryptic clue and a very literal instruction. Start with the last letter of 28A.

[Gregsdad]

Boreas, it's raven

[Ripper]

Thank you all, I'm still struggling, but I'm determined!
I'm also stuck with 20 down: Deeply impressed yet embracing no good artist (7) _NG_U_T and now that Gregsdad has thrown in a raven, I'm really confused!!!

[slaney]

Hi Boreas..
Yet=EVEN around N(o)G(ood) RA(artist to give a word meaning deeply impressed. You will then have to make a substitution.

[Q-lyn]

I think - engraven - even around ng ra. Then you replace raven with a word for small pig.

[slaney]

..or Hi Ripper even :)

[Ripper]

Thanks all, I'm begining to think this is going to beat me!