Tls

[mra1]

stuck on last 5 - all interconnected! 4 across (8) very occupied by warm display units? ???A???S;
17 across (6) he wrote of Joad and people without home ??C???;
21 Cipher-breaking branch that's backed Ogilvy? (7) C?M???E;
5 down (7) Buzz one gets with staff around Havana boxer? ??M?D??;
7 down (9) Land of Hope and Glory's fourth part sanitarium endlessly plays

[cashier]

5d .humidor

[mra1]

Thanks for that - It would appear that 17 across would be Racine - ie RAinCE
= people without home but I dont get the bit about Joad

[AHearer]

4a THEATRES
17a RACINE
21a CO(MRA)DE
5d HUMIDOR
7d RURITANIA (ref Anthony Hope)

[AHearer]

Joad is a character in Athalie by Racine.

[mra1]

Thank you very much for that Ahearer - you have saved my sanity!

[AHearer]

I rather liked the red herring that led one along a Steinbeckian line of thought.

[mra1]

Thank you for the explanation - the only Joad I could get on Google was the Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck!