Cryptic

[stevenj]

I have finished this one but there are two where I don't understand the word play and, as ever, I am asking for a tutorial! Please!
34ac "New writer enters single short poem in book" (4,3,6)
I guess the answer is "Sons and lovers" but i really don't follow the logic.
And:
5d "Stroke us with tips of the fingers? They might" Again I see masseuses and I understand the "us" bit. But the rest...

steven

[Mamyalynne]

New - N
Writer Sand
in
Single - Solo
short poem - Vers(e)

[jeffa]

5d MASSE = stroke in billiards + US + (th)E + (finger)S

[stevenj]

As ever, great when you are told the answer! I actually had no idea that a Masse was a stroke in billiards (never played it!). And `I thought that "tips" meant both ends. Back to the drawing board!

Thank you.

And now to bed. Where I was supposed to go more than an hour ago....I'll cop for it tomorrow, i expect..
steven