Crossword

antico

One unclued entry is the English title of a work by a person born 200 years ago this May. It is also a definition of another unclued entry, the name of the place where the person’s studies in the 25 9 of the 37 11 resulted in the work in question. Each of eight clues consists of definitions of two words of different lengths; in each case, one letter is removed from the longer word to create the shorter one, which is the answer to be entered in the grid. Numbers in brackets refer to lengths of entries. Solvers should place the removed letters outside the grid, in the positions they would occupy if the grid were extended, to reveal the person’s name.

Across

7 Pair engaged in great work (3) 8 Wise to follow universal

practice (5) 12 Old fool in drama going back

to make lace (7) 13 Poem our dean translated (7) 17 Compliance when

dispatched (6) 20 Guarantee yielding right

result (5) 21 Newspaper with enthusiasm,

not small, breaking barrier (7) 24 Rook in bad way? Wrong (4) 26 Unwanted messages in

revolutionary plans (4) 28 Adapt swindle for mass (7) 31 Animal left with monk (5) 33 Bringer of luck miles ahead of

course (6) 35 Substitute with commitment

securing record (6) 38 Field led by instructor losing

heart in part of labyrinth (7) 40 Artist after silver in city in

India (4) 41 Contract in line with facility (5) 42 Pub, Nordic type, not loud (3)

Down

1 Boat with two masts cut (4) 2 Limits bristles (6) 3 Stirring deposition (7) 4 Be worthy of study (4) 5 Confirm attention received by

contest (4,3) 6 Eminent person terribly

enraged (7) 10 Writes with urgency initially in work and becomes more candid (5,2) 14 Number up and about (2) 15 Party with new teacher (3) 18 Understood proverb (3) 19 Filled tortilla cheers

company (4) 22 Climbing insect ignoring

a sprite (3) 23 Expression used by writer

mostly (4) 24 A composer lacking energy

twice improvises (2-4) 27 Trouble? Notice nothing (3) 29 Absolutely ruined hot flan (3,4) 30 Italian noblewoman walks

purposefully (7) 32 Male alien encountered (3) 34 Dog one employed in

mining (6) 36 Our lot in quest abandoned by

odd characters (2) 38 Partially burn item with magical

power (4) 39 Appropriate name of Stuart

monarch (4)