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Essayist starts to dispute everything you've written about Shakespearean role (2,7)

I'm fairly sure the answer is DE QUINCEY (Thomas, a famous essayist) but apologies if it's not.

Peter Quince is a Shakespeare character.inside
1st letters of - dispute everything you've.

Quince is a character in A Midsummer Night's Dream. The first letters of Dispute Everything You've are put around quince.

Great stuff, cheers guys.

Yes looks like De Quincey.starts to D ispute E verything Y ou've written about shakespeare role, quince, Peter Quince from a midsummernights dream.

Blame attached to phosphorus found in musty fruit (4,5) ____ __P_E

(Crab Apple sort of fits but can't work it out)

It's Star Apple
(stale+rap+p/phosphorus).

Thanks, I'd discounted that because I couldn't make it fit.

Be lost without guide, losing heart in alley(10) ___S_G____

I think it's PASSAGEWAY but may be way off.

PASS AWAY outside GuidE