By Jane Fitzpatrick
Across
2 Maybe prank damsel, if Fanny’s home (9,4)
8 The mate we share played mournful air (duet) (3,6,6)
11 Dorothea’s journey makes average progress (11)
14 Reportedly become weaker beer (3)
15 Dance hit (3)
16 Shakespearean role, one with US form of delivery after July 4th cancelled (6,6)
19 Hardy hero could be our subject – heed! (4,3,7)
23 A nitrogen, sodium and potassium are first of nuclides in a narrative of fatal attraction (4,8)
25 Beast stays regularly, for the first Mrs Rochester’s mental state (5)
27 Tarzan’s mate to look at (right into) literary heroine (4,4)
28 Trimmed beard and found some corn (3)
Down
1 Strange fop at do is Dickens-era thief (7)
3 Leaders of assembly invite members to move with purpose (3)
4 Oddly, start and end satisfied (5)
5 Claim agent is hiding picture (5)
6 Caspian’s rank promotion nice perhaps (6)
7 Child slept through Davy Balfour’s adventure (9)
9 City where romance can foolishly be lost (4)
10 Honest and intense doctor patched together monster (12)
12 Portray and remove ancient Scottish tribe? (6)
13 Principles seem to reveal what Bingley is to Netherfield Park (6)
15 I got out of the brier, brother! (4)
17 Breezes through cheerful early versions (8)
18 Open a container (4)
20 Dickens character reportedly makes a pile (4)
21 Nothing soft about German grandpa (3)
22 Got together in duet ensemble (6)
24 Amiss? Use roadway without ado (4)
26 You can be timeless, yet… (2)
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