Introduction
Today's puzzle by Cox and Rathvon takes us to a literary gathering where a multitude of writers make an appearance.
Today's Bookshelf
Writer's appearing in today's puzzle
Martin Amis - British novelist
Aristotle - Greek philosopher
Albert Camus - French author, philosopher and journalist
Italo Calvino - Italian journalist and writer of short stories and novels
Lewis Carroll - English author, mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon and photographer
E. M. Forster - English novelist, short story writer, essayist and librettist
Kenneth Grahame - British writer
Primo Levi - Jewish-Italian chemist and writer
Molière - French playwright and actor
Salman Rushdie - Indo-British novelist and essayist
Sam Shepard - American playwright, actor, and television and film director
Oscar Wilde - Irish writer and poet
Tom Wolfe - American author and journalist
Solution to Today's Puzzle
Legend: | "CD" Cryptic Definition; "DD" Double Definition |
"*" anagram; "~" sounds like; "<" letters reversed | |
"( )" letters inserted; "_" letters deleted |
1a {OSCAR WILDE}* - anagram (roughed up) of AISLE CROWD
6a _A|TOM - A (end of novella; i.e., last letter of the word "novella") + (before) TOM (Wolfe)
9a FORSTER* - anagram (agitated) of FOR REST
10a CARROLL~ - sounds like (heard) CAROL
12a CAM_US - school grounds (CAMPUS) without P (having no piano; where piano, abbreviation p, is musical notation for softly)
13a ARISTOTLE* - anagram (changed) of TO REALIST
14a RESUMES - double definition ("starts in again" and "career write-ups" or resumés)
16a G(RAH)AME - RAH (cheer) contained in (amid) GAME
18a RUSH|DIE - RUSH (hurry) + (and) DIE (stop)
20a SHE(PAR)D - SHED (simple structure) containing (houses) PAR (average)
22a PRIM|O LE|VI - PRIM (proper) + OLE (cheer) + VI (#6; i.e., Roman numeral for 6)
24a _LO|CAL_ - hidden in (covered by) ItaLO CALvino
25a ANAPEST* - anagram (altered) of PEASANT
26a O|INKING - O (love; a score of 0 in tennis) + INKING (writing)
27a S(A)ID - A (article) contained in (penned by) SID (Caesar; American comedian Sid Caesar)
28a MARTIN (AM)IS - MARTINIS (cocktails) containing (around) AM (morning)
Down
1d OFF|ICER - OFF (not working) + (with) ICER (cake decorator)
2d CERAMISTS* - anagram (improved) of CRASS ITEM
3d RITES~ - sounds like (on tape) WRITES
4d INROADS* - anagram (arranged) of DORIANS
5d DOC|KING - DOC (medic) + KING (ruler)
7d TRO(U)T - TROT (run) containing (around) U (university)
8d MO(LIE)RE - LIE (fiction) contained in (collected by) MORE
11d RA|T RACE - RA (chemical symbol for radium) + TRACE (residue)
15d M(IDS)OLE - MOLE (spy) containing (keeps) IDS
17d ANARCHISM* - anagram (mistaken) of CHAIRMANS
18d REPEALS - double definition; "cancels"and "tolls again" (cryptic)
19d ELECT|RA - ELECT (choose) + RA (Egyptian sun god); Electra - a figure in Greek mythology and the main character in plays by that name written by Sophocles and Euripedes
20d S(HI)P OUT - HI (greeting) contained in (in) SPOUT (jet)
21d DE(LUGE)S - LUGE (sled) contained in (caught inside) DES (of French; i.e., French word meaning "of")
23d {IRA|Q|I}< - reversal (backing up) of {I Q (question) ARI}
24d LINEN* - anagram (changed) of LENIN (Vladimir Lenin, Communist Russian revolutionary)
Signing off for today - Falcon