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[maxidragon]

16d) see 27 (6) (answer to 27 is author) I have ?o???n, and 21a) Imperative, perhaps, to reverse judgement (4) I Have ??o? . The first letter of 21a is the fourth letter of 16d. All help gratefully received, thankyou

[fiction-factory]

On 16d is the clue 'reverse' or reserve?

[dannyk13]

16d.Gorman?
21a.Mood

[maxidragon]

it's reverse, must admit I looked twice! I think doom seems to be correct, could the author be Gordon?

[fiction-factory]

Yes, doom will be right. I suppose there are quite a few names that would fit.

[fiction-factory]

?O?D?N
And James Corden has written a book.

[scorpiojo]

Godden?

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumer_Godden

[scorpiojo]

..Thor is a god

[dannyk13]

Do has award winning Carol Gorman

[fiction-factory]

Sorry, i misread it- it's Mood so GorMan fits

[dannyk13]

//fiirst letter of 21a is fourth letter of 16d//

[fiction-factory]

Yes, dannyk. I was distracted by maxidragon's comment "I think doom seems to be correct, could the author be Gordon?" but then saw the error of my ways

[dannyk13]

My comment was not for you FF

[scorpiojo]

Me?

[dannyk13]

Sorry Jo, yes :-)

[scorpiojo]

Ok :)

[fiction-factory]

Sorry- I misled you scorpiojo

[andy66]

Pretty sure the answerto 16d is London, with 21a being doom. The "see" in the clues refers to Diocese to form the theme

[fiction-factory]

The punctuation of 21a suggests to me that the definition is "imperative, perhaps" which leads to MOOD (imperative is a grammatical mood), and it's the judgement (doom) which is reversed.
But it could be that the setter was a little careless.

[dannyk13]

If there is a Diocese theme then you may well be right.If so then the clue is very ambiguous as it reads as though judgement (doom)is reversed

[andy66]

answers Bath (and) Wells, Winchester, London, Oxford, Lincoln all have the word "see" another clue in the grid which is an alternative meaning / example of. Agree that 21a is suspect but unlike Virgilius aka Brian Greer to produce a poor clue.