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Penners of Plays, Poems and Prose Crossword Puzzle

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How well do you know your authors? An eclectic mix of writers from Roman times to living scribes. There is one anagram for a rather obscure word. I hope you will enjoy solving the puzzle!
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      1. British playwright, Nobel Prize winner, Harold __, 'The Caretaker'
      5. One of the World War I poets, Rupert __
      10. Book by John Updike, 'Rabbit, __'
      11. French Oriental and religious historian and scholar, 1823-1892, Ernest __
      12. Writer (USA) of mostly young adult fiction, Judy __
      13. Feminist playwright and performer, __ Ensler
      14. Book by Mary Jane Staples, 2011, '__ and Downs'
      15. Children's book by A A Milne (1927),(3,2,3,3)
      16. American naturalist, essayist and poet, 'Walden'
      20. Robert Goddard thriller (2016), "__ of the Earth" (3,4)
      23. Animated movie musical from Blue Sky Studios
      24. British/Bulgarian novelist, Nobel prize (Lit.) 1981
      27. Russian-American novelist, 'Lolita', Vladimir __
      31. Collector of postage stamps
      33. Norwegian novelist, 'Out Stealing Horses', __ Petterson
      34. Award winning author of 'Islands of Abandonment', __ Flyn
      35. Term for a large format paperback
      36. Talk show host, author, philanthropist __ Winfrey
      37. Number of blind mice according to Caesar
      38. Australian children's author, 'Magic Beach', __ Lester
      39. What Ayn Rand's Atlas does in the present tense

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      2. Romanian-French playwright, Eugene
      3. Roman-African comic playwright, died about 159 BCE
      4. Restore, or make fresh
      5. Comedian, author, playwright, wrote for 'Blackadder' and 'The Young Ones' (3,1,5)
      6. Playwright/screenwriter/actor John __ , 'Look Back in Anger'
      7. Norwegian crime author, Jan-Erik James (Jan) __
      8. French novelist/essayist (1871-1922), Marcel
      9. SIX DIE (anag), Linguistics, general terms to describe specifics, e.g., tomorrow, they, etc.
      17. Australian national residential builders' organisation (inits.)
      18. Supreme Court (USA) decision, 1973 __ v. Wade, overturned in 2022
      19. Satirical musical, 2001, by Hollman and Kotis
      21. Umberto __, Italian medievalist, philosopher, novel 'The Name of the Rose' 1980
      22. Batman and Robin, described as 'The Dynamic __'
      24. Author of 'In Cold Blood' and 'Breakfast at Tiffany's', Truman __
      25. British - Trinidad author, Booker Prize winner 1971, surname
      26. Australian-British author, 'Mary Poppins' series
      28. English writer of teen spy series 'Spy High', A.J. __
      29. Author of 'The Jungle Book', surname
      30. Ancient Roman poet, Publius Vergilius Maro
      32. Yusuf __, Egyptian playwright, novelist (1927-1991), 'The Cheapest Nights'