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[lashley]

ground to halt-helP please and explanations
10a visually challenged naval writer? ??????E?S sightless?
12a arnold bennett's thief may get into hot water 3,4 ???/???F
23a stage king free of inner character 7 ??C???D
28a streetcar passenger Harold 8 ??T???L?
thanks

[Mamyalynne]

12a Tea Leaf rhyming slang for thief

[shaneystar2]

28 harold mitchell ( a streetcar named desire)

[Mamyalynne]

28 Harold Mitchell a character in Streetcar named deasire

[shaneystar2]

23a Ri(char)d

[Vicasso]

Look at the cast list here
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044081/

[Mamyalynne]

23 Richard

[lashley]

thanks so far-10a now ????I?E?S

[NC4BBQ]

Harold Mitchell (Streetcar Named Desire)

[NC4BBQ]

A Tall Ship and Other Naval Occasions by "Bartimeus"

[NC4BBQ]

"Bartimeus" seems to have been pen name of Capt. Lewis Anselm da Costa Ritchie

[lashley]

thanks-but how does visually challenged fit?

[sandyRoe]

Bartimeus was a blind man cured by Jesus. Mark 10: 46-52

[lashley]

thanks-just googled and found that!

[bwfrier]

23a is obviously Richard, although I don't know why. Harold Mitchell is a character in Streetcar Named Desire.

[bwfrier]

23a is obviously Richard, but I don't know why. Harold Mitchell is a character in Streetcar Named Desire.