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For Americans, quite the best book(5).

- - E - -

(Possibly P for the first letter.)

can give no reason but
Poems?

Thanks for that suggestion, emf. I am well and truly stuck with this one.

Here is where I got the possible initial P:

Jack's first course is difficult(6).

- - - I - - .

I think it is UPHILL. (Jack and Jill) And if so, that's the P.
It might be wrong, though.

Unless it is something to do with Poe.

POE MS (manuscript)

thats sort of where i was going, but
also
Jack could be Tar--
sometimes take a break and come back to it..

I've just had a wildly different thought:
DWEEB. American for bookish, nerdy, studious.

That would put out the P and hence UPHILL. Drat!

its always better when i can see whole crossword.
but will keep thinking...

Definitely easier when you can see the whole. Thanks for your help all the same.

Jack's first course is difficult(6).
I'm trying it with a D (for DWEEB)

- D - I - - .

Here's another one in the same corner that could give me the final letter of - D - I - - :

Crowd abolishing franc, and crowd suggesting end of pound? (4,4)

- - E - - - T -

sammy
how about Adrift,

sammy
put letters in wizard and it
came up with
4, 4
keep note.