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I treated this as a normal crossword and got over half of it done before I had to start dealing with the stuff in the preamble. It's turning out to be quite good fun.

rrc (others -close your eyes). There is a well known author whose bicentenary occurs next year. He of course has a many characters with wonderful names - created I think with Araucaria in mind! The spoonerism plays his name with a famous children's author and a first course that's said to be good for the soul.

19 A. musician Jose drops it on backward Italian city (6) ?r?t?o
25 A. Impasse for audience (7) ????o??
Thanks for any help.

I had the theme first thing this morning but could find no answer to confirm it. The answers now in are not the most well known characters

Am I correct in thinking that 16ac and 46 ac give the title of a book?

Chummymummy

I don't think so as I have 46A as a jewish skinflint

Joan

query your T in 19 A as I've a character in Nicholas Nickleby for 5 D However I do not have 19A or 16A

Joan - your t is wrong in 19ac. Should be i. In 25ac, you're looking for a themed name, a homophone of a word meaning impasse.

The theme is nicely explained in Post 12. Some of the characters are a bit obscure, but there are some very well known names too.

Thanks, will have another look at 5 D. Have now got 25 A.

And 16A refers to TS Eliot rather than the man in the theme.