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1st 2 words are "title from" then the rest is split...6, 2, 8, 2,4,7

do you still need some authors?

The unchecked in the perimeter make BLOCK RECIPE DIFFERS

Thank you so much, xwordfan, that's a huge help. I now see the incredibly stupid mistake I made with one of the extra letters ! I think I have all the authors now, thank you, though need to double check. Got to go out now, will have another look this evening.
Thanks again.

I am still wrestling with 17A, 26a, 32a, 25d, 28d, 32d

In the shaded cells I have 1,2,2,1,1,1 letters.
Those letters do not give me an anagram.

Is the fourth letter of 22d a K?

I have the first author. What length for second ?

Thanks.

I now have 22d and 32a.
Also I have 9 letters in shaded cells.
Not sure what to do with them.

Still working on others.
Any help on them appreciated.

17a usual 3 letter word for favourite... can't quite see the parse but extra is O ... leaving east cast ...E must come out of some word to give the answer?
26a again can't parse but it's a tent T is extra
32a one who provides is defn ...extra is S from sentry ...you need a 4 letter word for entry/method of entry into house with N inside (either side of No teN)
25d strong drink is the defn think Obama with an extra R ... N is extra
28d former king is defn ...E in hopes is extra ...then it's an anagram of what's left with Y (terminal letter of regency)
32d trace is the defn ...T in stay is extra...say = usual 2 letter abbrev

in the shaded cells reading NW to SE you should have 1,2,2,1,1,2

the last letter of 28a( in shaded box) is the last letter of a novel by author 1 (his most famous)

The other letters in the shaded cells are also cryptic indications of a book title by the other 5 authors ... in most cases their most famous book....

2nd author 6 letters

Thanks xwordfan.

I now have 3 authors. 1,3 and 4,
Is 5 connected with 007?
Is the first letter of 18a O?

hint on the last author, such as the first letter will help.

1st letter of last author is C (initials J F)

Is 5 connected with 007? YES and one of his books cryptically gives ..

18a O ...yes

...some very dodgy clues in there for me...but got there in the end even though i couldn't parse them all!

Thanks xwordfan.

I think I have all the authors.
Assuming 4th has the first name Mary.

I looked at all the books of 4 and 5. Did not find any that would give me two letters each. So I do not have OH and ON.

Bradford's Lists did not have JF's name.

I agree with you. If the clues take hours to break than the setter is trying too hard to be clever.

Mary has a co-author Lucas?

One book named The Far ??? has last two letters that match one of the ON/OH.

Isthat it?

I think ON belongs to Ian. The two letter second word of the title has to be anagrammed.

So what is Mary's book?