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[mra1]

To my astonishment I have nearly finished this one - at first glance my mind was totally blank - however I am stuck on the last for interlinked clues as follows:-

17 down Competent Australian novelist who was found to have stolen from Blake A?L?I???E
15 down Black Comedy's original partner WHITE ???? (Mass perchance?)
25 down Performance I observed in a musical, recently back on Broadway - ???I
and 27 across (A)?????L - the first letter would be right if 15 down is white mAss

[scorpiojo]

15 White Liar

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Comedy_(play)#The_White_Liars

[scorpiojo]

What is the clue for 27a?

[Mamyalynne]

25 Gigi

[mra1]

oops - The Kind of Characters that are the same in 3 and 7 (7) - 3 down solution is Wild Wales and 7 down is Yankees if that helps Scorpiojo. Many thanks for the answer to 15

[Mamyalynne]

27 Initial

[mra1]

Oh, it cannot be liar as the 28 across is "A certain smile - anagram of realist cinema) absurd story about avoiding boredom

[mra1]

Thanks Mamyalynne - that makes it white ?I?S

[scorpiojo]

Lies?

[ladyalex]

White lies?

[Mamyalynne]

The White Liars was first performed in 1967 under the title White Lies,

[mra1]

That would do nicely - 17 down now A?L?I?I?E

[scorpiojo]

..missed that in the link :(

[slaney]

White Lies was the original title of White Liars

[scorpiojo]

Able (competent) White (novelist)

http://www.shmoop.com/the-moonstone/godfrey-ablewhite.html

[mra1]

Many thanks Scorpiojo!

[Mamyalynne]

24a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Swans