Tls

[mra1]

After all the help yesterday, I have finished all but five - very old curse about Daniel briefly a king ?R?V?T; Elian ban affected character in a role like Antonio in Venetian drama; ?N?I?R?E; I appear many times in Dracula and Frankenstein L?T?E?

[mra1]

I'm doing this in 2 halves as it keeps jamming - Maiden violated in Sinclair's story D?M?A? and A score by Strauss could have included these special pages E?U?A - apologise for any confusion but this has taken me 15 minutes to submit

[dannyk13]

Dravot- vo(very old) inside drat(curse)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Dravot

[Mamyalynne]

Sinclair....Demian

[Mamyalynne]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demian

[mra1]

Thank you both very much for that - this site is a nightmare - it keeps freezing for ages

[roslyn251254]

Elian ban affected character in a role like Antonio in Venetian drama; ?N?I?R?E;

ANNIBALE - anagram of elian ban

[mra1]

I had that originally but did not get the parsing then I decided that 19 down Open University included this historic house was OUVERT which gave the E instead of theA

[roslyn251254]

I appear many times in Dracula and Frankenstein L?T?E?

possibly LETTER?

[mra1]

Thought that was probably it but don't get the parsing!

[roslyn251254]

nor me! This TLS is very strange!

[roslyn251254]

were they both written as a series of letters?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistolary_novel
Mary Shelley employs the epistolary form in her novel Frankenstein (1818). ... Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897) uses not only letters and diaries

[Mamyalynne]

19 Stuart

U in Start ?

[mra1]

I know the T at the end o 19 down is right - 27 across sordid rake's not Clara's friend in Trollope's tale -(anagram) ASKERTON (Mrs) in The Belton Estate

[mra1]

Thanks Mamyalynne - now I get that one and thanks Rosslyn - I sort of get that one now but I still think Broteas has a weird mindset!! That just leaves the Strauss clue E?T?A - I hate giving up but I am getting really close to doing it - I normally get theTLS done same day!

[mra1]

Does EXTRA make sense anyone - lord knows what that has to do with Strauss and scoring - I am going for composers but may be that is the wrong road to go down!!!!

[Mamyalynne]

Strauss is a cricketer ??

[Captain2]

Could it be Andrew Strauss, ex England cricket captain? A form of scoring in cricket is via an EXTRA (bye, legbye, wide etc)

Just a shot in the dark

[mra1]

Thanks Mamyalynne and Captain - know absolutely nothing about cricket but will go with that! Comes of being a septuagenarian not interested in sport - will have to buck up my ideas I think!!!

[pomona]

5a Very old curse about Daniel, briefly a king (6) ?R?H?T

[Captain2]

Answered at 18.44 pomona