This is a themed crossword and I am only missing two of the themed answers
The theme is (dead white European males) - but all the ones I have so far appear to be of a literary persuasion
8a) Theme + eccentric American (5) _ A _ U _
22d) Theme + hoax involving American gunmen (6) C _ N _ A _
I am thinking Camus and Conrad but can't parse Camus, and Conrad I can't parse the "D"
8 a cam can be described a eccentric in engineering terms. us = american Camus Albert Camus was a French philosopher, author, and journalist. His views contributed to the rise of the philosophy known as absurdism
8 a cam can be described a eccentric in engineering terms.
us = american
Camus Albert Camus was a French philosopher, author, and journalist. His views contributed to the rise of the philosophy known as absurdism