Tls 1530

[aeronut]

1ac: Drone shot added later- without it, we're lost (6,7)

I have ????i? w??????

Help please

[Lie-in King]

Bertie Wooster - 'booster' (shot added later, without; round) anag 'it were'

[Neveracrossword]

I got this from crossing letters - Bertie Wooster. Don't ask me to parse (and it was my first TLS puzzle).

[aeronut]

Many thanks Yr Maj

[FleshpotsOfDevon]

Neveracrossword - I hope you've now got caught the TLS bug! 

[Neveracrossword]

Fleshpots, I expect not - I did it only because Lie-in King supplied the puzzle for someone! I have enough 'regular' crosswords to be going on with.

[Lie-in King]

You're welcome, aeronut 😊

I've never really enjoyed the puzzle but it was Lynne's favourite, so that's why I've stuck with it.  Daft, I know.

[FleshpotsOfDevon]

It's a toughie and no mistake. Most weeks, for me anyway, it's more of a GK puzzle with a lot of googling of unfamiliar books and cryptic parsing of variable difficulty. I think I only keep doing it because the prize is £40 and I've won it twice! 

[quinol]

This was a good witty puzzle from a newer setter spreading his wings. I like the TLS puzzles - nothing wrong with obscurer authors or best-sellers from the past, both of which feature. There's also the odd £40 as Fleshpots points out.