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Dáithí's Literary Crossword

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A wide range of writers and their literary works, from Greek tragedy to Martian poetry!
Author: dsimpy - Diff: Harder

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      Across
      1. Salinger's tale of teenage angst (7,2,3,3)
      7. Milton's epic tale of Hell (8,4)
      8. This Stephen King novel features Pennywise the clown
      10. First novel in Sue Grafton's Kinsey Millhone series: 'A is for _____'
      12. Mervyn Peake's fantasy trilogy
      15. Regency romance by Georgette Heyer about a pretend 'heiress'
      16. (Also 14 Down) John Irving's 'A Prayer for ____ _____' (4)
      17. First book of Elie Wiesel's trilogy about Auschwitz and Buchenwald
      18. Prolific children's author from Boulder, Colorado: '______ Fisher'
      19. Author of 'Lolita' (initials)
      20. 'Sophie's Choice' author: William ______
      22. Jane Austen novel about a meddling matchmaker
      25. Author of the 'Father Brown' short stories (1,1,10)
      27. British poet, leading proponent of Martian poetry: Craig _____

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      1. Herman Melville's tyrannical skipper (7,4)
      2. Steinbeck's novel about Danny and friends in Monterey (8,4)
      3. Harry's owl in J.K. Rowling's books
      4. Umberto Eco's monastery murder mystery is in the name of this flower
      5. Young heroine of Dickens' 'The Old Curiosity Shop'
      6. Lynn Truss' polemic on punctuation: '____, ______ & Leaves' (4,6)
      9. First book in Gunter Grass' Danzig Trilogy (3,3,4)
      11. Sophocles' tragic play about two sisters bidding to bury their brother
      13. Virginia Woolf's semi-biographical novel of Vita Sackville-West
      14. (Also 16 Across) John Irving's 'A Prayer for ____ _____' (5)
      20. Pen name of British short story writer Hector Hugh Munro, killed in WW1
      21. Film version of Daphne du Maurier's short story 'Don't Look Now' was directed by Nicolas ____
      23. Shakespeare's play about a handkerchief is subtitled 'The ____ of Venice'
      24. Ken Loach film based on Barry Hines' novel 'A Kestrel for a Knave'
      26. Catherine Morland is the heroine in this Jane Austen novel (initials)