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The lucky winner of all 18 books in the Tasters section was Roy Stew.
The closing date for entries has now passed, but the challenge remains!
The answers are at the bottom of this page. They are all names of books or authors featured in this website.
1. Agee endlessly alcoholic, say, before (8 letters)
2. Beckett's back on death. Only production without direction (5,6)
3. Bellow, perhaps, in refined monthlies let out (5,5)
4. Christie collected madly – losing it! (3,6,6)
5. Fine adaptation? Then make pointless changes around (3,5,3)
6. Fleming's trailing well-known hero (7,10)
7. Henry's difficult for the audience (8)
8. Hornby product on sale? Till then all's feverish (3,4,8,5)
9. Mailer changing line for New Testament, strangely (7)
10. Twain on board steam ship? (3,2,1,4)
Answers
1. Wreckage ('wreck' for 'alcoholic' before 'Agee' – 'age' without its ending)
2. Dylan Thomas (Sam Beckett reversed gives 'mas', on anagram of 'death only' minus 'e' for 'east')
3. Simon Singh ('sing' for 'Bellow' in anagram of 'monthlies' minus 'let')
4. The Closed Circle (anagram of 'Christie collected' minus 'it')
5. The Knife Man (anagram of 'fine' in anagram of 'then make' minus 'e' for 'point')
6. Eminent Victorians ('ians' for 'Fleming's' after synonyms for 'well-known' and 'hero')
7. Hawkwood ('H' – symbol for 'Henry' - with homophone for 'awkward')
8. The Last Llanelli Train ('train' for 'Hornby product' on anagram of 'sale till then all')
9. Minaret (anagram of 'Mailer' with 'l' for 'line' replaced by 'NT' for 'New Testament')
10. Two in a Boat ('twain' for 'two' with 'on board steam ship' for 'in a boat')
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