Going really well, but have hit a roadblock! 27a Dart and Bill are muddled: ?a?d?p???? 19d Poet kept watch over king: ?i?g?? 20d Jesus, that is her first name: ?g?t?? - Agatha fits, but can't see... ...
It seems I'm the only one struggling with this! Down to last two - 26a Dog appears with singer on blockbuster movie: ?a?s?? 19d Crawlers going round ground, etc, making faces.
2d High duration tax: t???a?e Tonnage? 5d Eliot's read her book, too untidy to become Mrs. Casaubon: ????t??? ??o?p? 6d One loved Longaville, the other Surface: ????a. 5d must relate to Middlemarch,...
Have completed the body of the puzzle, just need to fill in the letters round the edge. I thought it might start "As if the Labour party have got to show . . ." but there's no f in the list of letters...
16a Actor Peter's shy meaningless performance that's not right: ?a?o?e. 21d Concur about good candidate for French lectureship: ?g???e. 25a Roman actuel delocalise autour de la Haute Vienne...