#crossword #crypticcrossword

Brendan, via Guardian 30025:

https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/30025

This crossword is excellent, and has a theme of writers (authors). Some clued directly, others indirectly.

The clue I like is:

13dn: Like part of ancient Greece that’s accessible by flights? (5)

ATTIC

ATTICA was a part of Athens once, but also, one's ATTIC (if one has one) is accessible by "flights" which in this case refers to "stairs" -- as in "a flight of stairs".

This crossword also features many other references to "writers" (which we should take to mean as "authors") some of whom are clued directly or indirectly -- as in:

26ac: Robust half of comic duo (5)

HARDY

Robust == "Hardy" as in "a plant that can survive winter; not evergreen", HARDY is also one half of Laurel and HARDY. HARDY is also THOMAS HARDY, the author -- again, indirect...

All-in-all, another excellent crossword from Brendan. :)