Quiz: The Answers Have All Been Prisoners

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3. Lawyer with a vivid concept? Not I again! (7)
17. Sound like a cat round cross saint (9)
18. Herbert novel, nearly new inside (8)
19. Resort to gangster girl and queen caught out (9)
21. Old father, weary with gold - no energy, upset (7,6)
29. Music and play on words overlap with cymbal (8)
30. Length leads near to finding captives (6,3,6)

[elliemay1]

30 Hansel & Gretel

[elliemay1]

^ anag

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29. Rapunzel

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19. Spartacus

[cashier]

3 (Emily) Davison

[elliemay1]

How does that parse, cashier?

[TheWinner]

17. Tom Sawyer

[cashier]

Lawyer in crosswords usually DA
Vivid concept vision
Not I again take out the second I

[elliemay1]

Thanks cashier

[TheWinner]

re.17, perhaps not, as it would have given 3 and 6 rather than 9.

[cashier]

I'm trying to find if a Pompadour has been imprisoned, but struggling. That is pur round om (cross) but stuck on the pado bit. This is called clutching at straws. Someone posted a few of these the other night they are really quite difficult.

[TheWinner]

cashier, I thought an anagram: meow+ayr (cross)+st (for saint) = tom sawyer (9 letters) who was a prisoner,
perhaps that was just a fluke?

[cashier]

Looks good. It's like the next clue it must be Dune but can't get further.

[cashier]

18 (Andy) Dufresne (Shawshank Redemption)

Dune is the Herbert novel. Fres(h) is nearly new

[Yeoma]

cashier, would this suit?
https://www.augustiniansphilippines.com/pado/

[Yeoma]

Both Madame P and her pet papillon went to prison
http://www.madamedepompadour.com/_eng_pomp/galleria/ditutto/animali.htm

[mallyh]

19 can you explain how spatacus parses please