Tls

[mra1]

Stuck on two 6 down Earthmoving poet and storyteller H?O?E and 23 across he wrote around cinemas at half past eight we here A?A?E Does anyone have the answers please with the wordplay

[Mamyalynne]

(Robert) Hooke

//In 1672 Hooke attempted to prove that the Earth moves in an ellipse round the Sun //

[mra1]

10 across is Proportional Representation to eject French Novelist PR-OUST which gives H?R?E so I cannot see how HOOKE fits in

[pjwillcox]

i have Harte for 6d and Proust for 10a (Proportional representation to eject French novelist)

[Mamyalynne]

That is not the pattern you gave though...

you offered

H?O?E

[maurice]

Then it's probaly the poet Bret HARTE (anagram of "earth")

[Mamyalynne]

Don't shoot the marksman when you give them the wrong bullets.

[mra1]

Sorry Mamyalynne - did not notice my typo! My only excuse is that it was Another senior moment - comes with being a septuagenarian!

[Mamyalynne]

I apologise for my tetchy reply too - I think I'm ready for my dinner.


Don't play the age card, you are too good for that!! :-)

[mra1]

When you have dined could you think about 23 across please - I have been through the alphabet but nothing springs to mind!

[factor-fiction]

23a does it in "we here" or should that be "we hear"

[factor-fiction]

Sorry, some keys didn't work there
23a -does it end in "we here" or should that be "we hear"?

[mra1]

we hear

[mra1]

Grr just realise another typo! Time I was in bed I think!!!!!!

[Mamyalynne]

Oh, have you got it now ??

[mra1]

Not yet - factorfiction appears to be working on it and asked whether it was "we here" or "we hear" - it should have been the latter and after I had confirmed it I went back to my original question and spied the second typo!!!!

[factor-fiction]

Hi- please can you clarify whether the pattern for 23a has changed as I'm working on this. Perhaps it ends in ATE but I'm not sure

[factor-fiction]

Sorry, crossed posts.
The clue seems to contain a lot of elements for such a short answer

[mra1]

What I have is A?A?E and I am pretty certain the letters I have are correct!

[pjwillcox]

The clue for 23a is: He wrote around cinemas, at half-past eight, we hear (5)

[mra1]

Has anyone worked this out yet - I am still stumped