CLIVE STAPLES LEWIS would have been 100 years old on 29 November 1998, two days after the appearance of the puzzle. The books involved were all of those in the Narnia sequence bar The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
ACROSS
1 COCONUT; Co. in anag.
5 AVOIDS; v o in aids
9 ALI; hidden
10 VOYAGE; O,y in anag; DAWN TREADER
11 ROE-DEER; roe + reed (rev.)
12 PRINCE; n in price; CASPIAN
13 BORROWED; row in bored
16 LAST; 2 mngs; BATTLE
18 MAGICIAN; GI in anag; NEPHEW
19 POWER CUT; power + cut
20 FRESNEL; fre(e) + lens (rev.)
22 RECANTS; re C ants
26 CLERGYWOMAN; anag. – U; ref. George C, then Archbishop of Canterbury
27 HORSE; anag; BOY
28 STATUS; statu(e)s
DOWN
1 SILVER; 2 mngs; CHAIR
3 NUDGE; g in nude
4 THWARTED; wart in the d
5 ATTIC; hidden
6 OVERSTATE; over state
7 DADAISTIC; d + anag.
8 TRANSEPT; t ran Sept
13 BENEFICE; e,f in be nice
14 REPRESENT; rep resent
15 OVERNIGHT; anag. + t
17 NO TRUMPS; not rum PS
23 CONGA; con GA
24 NOBEL; Leb(an)on (rev.)
25 STYES; St. yes
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