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aeronut | 12:51 Thu 26th Oct 2023 | Crosswords
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24ac: Comedian's caper taking in a backward soldier (7)

I have d?g?n??

and 18dn: Dick in  Dickens is a desperate character, returning to capture Troy (7) 

I have N???e?t

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24a (Richard) Digance - 'GI' (back, in) 'dance' (caper)18d Nadgett (dick; investigator) - '(Desperate) Dan' (back) + 'get T(roy)'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Chuzzlewit#Characters_in_England^6th character down
12:54 Thu 26th Oct 2023

24a D IG ance

24a (Richard) Digance - 'GI' (back, in) 'dance' (caper)

18d Nadgett (dick; investigator) - '(Desperate) Dan' (back) + 'get T(roy)'

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Chuzzlewit#Characters_in_England

^6th character down

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Many thanks Calibax and L-I-K

I think Broteas will be the death of me this week... 

 

Type of label stuck on without humanity in a 17th-century tragicomedy (1,4,5)

 

I have A/??R/W?M?N 

(The last word is "woman", I suppose)

Ta. 

 

A Very Woman - 'Avery' (label, Penguin Books) + 'w(ith)o(ut) man (humanity)'

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

Thanks! I was pondering a V for the down clue. 

You're welcome 🙂

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