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Independent 6710 solution

This is an example of a very simple Nina – in fact, it’s not even a particularly hidden theme.  I simply found three 15-letter novels and worked them symmetrically into the grid, along with the word ‘novel’ itself.  By great good luck, a fourth novel found its way in as well.  (I dare say there’s a novel called ‘Antipasto’ somewhere around too…’Rhinoceros’ is an absurdist play, of course.)  I have only read Cold Comfort Farm – the short stories by Woolf and Proulx that I’ve read haven’t encouraged me to read further, while I’ve just never got round to du Maurier.

6710sol

ACROSS

9          TO THE LIGHTHOUSE;

10        REPLETE; rep let e

11        REBECCA; rebe(l) + acc. (rev.)

12        TUDOR; d in rout (rev.)

13        TARANTARA; a rant in tar + a

15        THE SHIPPING NEWS;

18        ANTIPASTO; an tip + as to

20        NOVEL; No. ve(I)l

22        THROUGH; th(e) rough

24        EARPLUG; anag.

26        COLD COMFORT FARM; cold + fort far in Comm.

DOWN

1          STAR; star(kers)

2          STUPID; pi in stud(y)

3          RESEARCH; SE in rear Ch

4          VIDEOTAPES; anag.

5          THOR; thor(n)

6          THEBAN; the ban

7          PURCHASE; cha in purse

8          METATARSAL; met a tar’s al(l)

12        TETRASTICH; t in anag.

14        RHINOCEROS; anag. & lit.

16        ENTIRELY; ire in (g)ently

17        GENERATE; gene rate

19        PAUNCH; a in punch & lit.

21        VULGAR; v U L + g,a,r

23        HUMP; hum p

25        GAME; 2 mngs.
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