azed no. 1,789

[ShamrockBlue]

19a Regular bearer of ceremonial sword, or musket.
_ U E _N _ A R M (9)
queensarm ?

24d Poet's thrown - without her the story is ruined.
_ T O _ T (5)

[kayakamina]

19a I have Queensarm

24d I have letters ?tost

The O from 31a march i ones s= Ones

[kayakamina]

That should have been the S.

[Quizmonkey]

It's YTOST (Spenser's version of tossed) - anag of the story without her.

A quuensarm is a musket - so just a double definition.

[kayakamina]

Thanks QM2 I thought you'd come through! K

[ShamrockBlue]

Thank you very much Kayakamina and Quizmonkey.

[pldcav]

While we're on this, there was more than one "proper name not found in Chambers" that I was unfamiliar with (the duchy of ANHALT and the Russian city of PERM). Am I especially ignorant?
And you could say it should be SLOPS not SLOP to fit with SCHMALTZ (wishy-washy sentiment = sickly sentimentality), although the "slush" definition can also get you there.