Tls 1025

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25a James's prince, without hesitation, is a friend (5) A?I?? amigo??
22d To depart suddenly with pen and name a lively novelist (5) E???E
Last letter of 25a = middle letter of 22d

9a Playback man's are dealers in corn (9) C?A?D?E?S chandlers - not really corn dealers??

[bibblebub]

25a: yes Prince Amerigo is in The Golden Bowl by Henry James, so remove the ER from that

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Amerigo

[bibblebub]

22d: ELOPE - add 'pen' to get Penelope Lively

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Many thanks bibblebub!

[bibblebub]

9a: Playback is by Raymond CHANDLER and corn chandler is given as an example in the dictionary http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/chandler

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/c/raymond-chandler/playback.htm