The Times - Specialist - Times Literary Supplement 918 - March 16, 2012

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'Claspt hands and that petitionary grace / Of sweet -- subdued me ere she spoke' (Tennyson) SEVENTEEN
'Or ------ rolls his genii-haunted wave' (Mrs Hemans, Modern Greece) TIGRIS
A strangely clean article appears on time in literary bits and pieces ANALECTA
Bridges connected the China one to disaster SYNDROME
Chesterton's apologetics for that which is this ORTHODOX
Composer has cover removed from foamy coffees PUCCINI
Dickens's difficult period HARDTIMES
Examinations accompanied by convulsions in Elkin's work SEARCHES
Fielding's David, Marryat's Peter: easy to identify SIMPLE
Fisher portrayed them from A to Z SCENES
Forster's collected works under one cover - heavenly! CELESTIAL
Gerald is confused as spouse in Clerk's Tale GRISELDA
Give clean new translation of the Gospels EVANGELIC
He pursued like Thompson's Hound of Heaven down labyrinthine ways MINOTAUR
He wrote against nature in France HUYSMANS
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Herbert's divine yoke THECOLLAR
Initially, historical romanticist has eye in HEYER
Island and art gallery keeping poles apart STATEN
Macaulay gives pleasure, with disastrous results RUINOUSLY
Medusa was, so to speak, the head of this city ICONIUM
Musical paladin? OLIVER
Papa's work, inspired at the Louvre perhaps, by Aphrodite AFAREWELLTOARMS
Porters wrote it out COMING
Relating to ancient holy books in brave dictionary definition VEDIC
See Lear otherwise when set free RELEASE
Singer at home to poet LARKIN
Some of his stage work remained out of the picture MACNEICE
Strangely genuine young actress INGENUE
Vital listening, including sacred music composer TALLIS