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That makes LEND LEASE better than I thought.
candledave has explained NIGHTLY.

9a Cooler is a prison
this quote is from William Wordsworth:


"Shades of the prison-house begin to close
Upon the growing Boy,
But he beholds the light, and whence it flows,
He sees it in his joy"

https://victorianweb.org/previctorian/ww/intimationstxt.html

Great work jazzgirl, I wouldn’t have got that reference in a very long time

Jono
it made a change for me to quote from Wordsworth. My previous quote (a few days ago) was regarding the "young lady from Twickenham" ! 😀

It's the literary reference that I really struggle with, so cheers for the help.

11a. Obsequious type- a dramatist's most original character in play
TOADY

12a. Brainy British gathered in corn, perhaps
BELVEDERE

15a. Rich gal has abandoned economy
FRUITY

7a. Silly kind of soap
SOFT

10a. Poet in town without economist
MILTON

18a. Most of best lines redesigned, after wearing out
INSENSIBLE

20a. Tear down some beams to be made sound
RAZE

26a. Has a drink, back penning popular type of column
SPINAL

27a. Bird's flying speed
KNOT

2d. Cause of differences withi families,for example
EVOLUTION

3d. Room to relax comfortably,away from the public
SALOON BAR

14d. Goddess almost slipped in soft snow,joint twisted both ways
SLEEVE-NUT

16d. Disheartened model,say, we arranged in dreadful fashion
AWESOMELY

17d. Places book in alphabetical order
GAZETTEER

22d. Get ready for easy pickings
RIPEN

23d. Research about origin of violence- cut it out!
DELVE

Parses for the above please.

26. Spinal type of column, in your back. Laps, has a drink, reversed with 'in' popular inside. Sp in al.

16 Model with its middle letter removed, disheartened, and 'we say', all anagrammed.

10a. Poet in town without economist
MILTON [KEYNES]

20a. Tear down some beams to be made sound
RAZE

Homonym of RAYS

14d. Goddess almost slipped in soft snow,joint twisted both ways
SLEEVE-NUT

VENU[s] in SLEET presumably