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[waimarie]

30d and 55d answer with reference to Dickens - I arrive at BENJAMIN for 30d and letters : -R-T-I- for 55d.

I see an earlier suggested answer as 'BRITAIN' but I have googled and Jeeved finding no reference to a Benjamin Britain within the concept of 'Dickens' and so rather sceptical.

Can anyone confirm this answer and show the reference please. This is my last answer and I have exhausted almost a whole day searching for confirmation.

Now I know the true meaning of 'frustration'!!!

Many thanks in advance

[pega]

yes its benjamin britain he's a dickens character the manservant of jeddler which was in mondays answers

[jan1956]

55d britain benjamin britain was dr jeddlers manservant and later husband of clemency newcome, father of two sons and an infant daughter little clem and landlord of the nutmeg grater inn. This was taken fromthe charles dickens encyclopedia by michael and mollie hardwick

cheers

jan

[hobbitess]

I have found Benjamin Britain under Dickens Characters on Google.

The book is The Battle of Life (1846)

Marries Clemency Newcombe and they run the"Nutmeg Grater and Thimble Inn".

Hope this helps!

[hobbitess]

Pipped at the post!

Not very fast at typing!!

[pega]

you ask for a reference he's from book

the battle of life- by dickens

[waimarie]

Many thanks to everybody for the prompt response!!

[Dkeyse]

May I just say something? You may think I am a prat, but why can't you all use capital letters where necessary? 'dickens' looks so sad in print! It is obviously Dickens, and today I picked up the subject of a correspondent referring to the 'titanic' We are all supposed to be clever people solving crosswords and puzzles, surely we can print the language we know perfectly!!

[Dkeyse]

Must say pega you are the worst offender, why lower cast all the time? Not being unkind by the way!