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Crossing Geoffrey Trease

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I've long admired the books of Geoffrey Trease. Here's a mixed quiz on some of his novels.
Author: Sallyo - Diff: Harder

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      Across
      1. Trease book set in Athens. (Think royal headwear and a purple flower. 4 words)
      11. Elizabethan song. - Nonny No
      12. A male name based on the Greek god of wine.
      13. Female sheep
      14. The girl Bill Melbury admires. (coin for first name)
      18. Celsius abbrev.
      19. Abbrev. of near.
      20. Peter's friend, whom he married later.
      22. - boo sucks! Not the sort of thing a Trease hero would say.
      23. Newt
      25. Cross-dressing friend of Denzil's.
      26. "Have an onion!" What was the profession of Rinaldo, who suggested this?
      29. Thehero of "Red Towers of Grenada" was thought to be a -
      31. Part of a concert
      32. Willy the Waller believes he - Madam le Blanc
      33. Jillian received a dangerous gift in "The Secret Fiord". What was it?
      35. "Is my face very- ?" Jillian asks after drinking a cup of wine in "The Secret Fiord".
      37. A - duct was a clue in "Black Banner Abroad".
      39. The Trease hero who knew Pepys well.
      40. Alexis' flute-player friend.
      42. Conventional friend of Alexis
      44. Exclamation
      46. The - sun. (Mad dogs and Englishmen)
      47. Exist
      48. Bill probably wore this on snowy days in Oxford.
      49. Bill - Mr Drake for help.
      50. Penny's - meant she couldn't be a stage actress.
      52. The waller's - in "Black Banner Abroad" touched Bill.
      53. he, it, -

      Down

      1. Book distantly linked to 1 across. (Think high gound in an Italian place. 4 word)
      2. Cut
      3. Will kept an - on Kit and Peter
      4. Poem
      5. Cumberland weather is inclined to be -
      6. In France, Bill and Sue would have learned this word for "no", if they didn't know it already.
      7. Another name for onxy, and an ingredient in mosaic incense.
      8. The American girl in this book admired the exile on Elba. - for Bonapart
      9. If you don't know song words, you may - instead.
      10. A pool associated with the Black Banner books. Black Banner -.
      14. Young Mr Brownrigg
      15. Myself
      16. Angela d'Asola's fiance would discover that kittens grow into -
      17. Actors' name for a play Will wrote. The -
      21. Geoffrey Trease never ran out of -
      24. The answer - the clue.
      27. Who stood in for Jillian at her wedding? ("Secret Fiord")
      28. Bill Melbury's friend.
      30. Will told Peter that the - was fine to look at if the sun's not there.
      33. "Follow My Black Plume" featured historical character Giuseppe -.
      34. Title of Alexis' famous play.
      36. Which queen gave the young couple of "Cue for Treason" a wedding present?
      38. Mr and Mrs Drake in "The Gates of Bannerdale" were retired -
      41. Protagonist of "The Crown of Violet". (Shares name with actor Denisof)
      43. Slang. Compensation.
      45. Him -
      51. Abbrev. mountain