2 across Pier originally part of Frank's plan ((9) ????P????
10 across Beasts not asleep, oddly (9) ????L????
13 across Stop losing face in Panama, say (4) ?A?T is it Halt?...
Last three please. 14 across Country road accommodates dash from western Italy(7) ?R?L?ND. 10 across Overcharged outcome (6) U?S?O?
27 across privy to ruin ( only partly). Two words (4) ?N?N...
21 across core group of students to welcome around the French University(7)n???E?? 17 down cult number one upwardly mobile area (7) S???I?N 22 down Rude to axe old boy that’s part of act (5) ??e?E...
11 across Sailor’s in his element on ship, netting this (3,4) ??a ???s 16 across second day abroad reminds us of this territorial detachment (5) .??n?? 8 down Pieces of meat I prepared in minutes...
16 across Run taken by runner to corner (4) T?A?
26 across unarmed Incan left one behind (5) ??e?n
24 down Long article about shed occupants (4) A??E...
.the last one but a stinker.
The opening lines bearing these initials of a book from the 1870s.
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