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[mra1]

Grrr I hate this setter - need help - a lot actually but if someone could give me a shove with some please - April 1866 ???O??: September 1866 ? ? W????: May 1866 E??? S???: December 1716 ?R?? - just for starters??

[Captain2]

Presumably it is a themed crossword?

[mra1]

It says at the top Anniversaries by Praxiteles!

[bibblebub]

December 1716: Thomas Gray ???

that's his birth month https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Gray

[Mamyalynne]

September 1866 H G Wells born

[ubasses]

Ferruccio Busoni 1st April 1866

[mra1]

That makes sense as I managed 3 - Saki, Roald Dahl and Beatrix Potter - presumably all the others are writers Apart from all the dates thrown at me there are some other lulus!

[mra1]

Thanks folks - never heard of that last one!

[ubasses]

Italian composer

[slaney]

May 1866 -could that be 4 5 as Erik Satie would fit?

[mra1]

Yes that does fit - I had adhere instead of inhere - many thanks - that leaves me with a few more but I am off for an early night - that is my fifth crossword today and I need to rest my aged brain!!