The Guardian - Weekend crossword No 430 - Mar 30 2019 Crossword Answer

The Guardian - Weekend crossword No 430 - Mar 30 2019 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Edna __, author of The Country Girls trilogy	OBRIEN
Francis __, lead character in House of Cards, played by Ian Richardson	URQUHART
Franciscan friar known for his law of parsimony in problem solving	OCCAM
Hebridean island	SKYE
Jack __, author of On the Road (1957)	KEROUAC
Nationality of Dashiell Hammett's 9?	MALTESE
See 3 Down	BIRD
Stage name of singer Marie Lawrie?	LULU
The colour of Donna Tartt's 9?	GOLD
The colour of Tayari Jones's 9?	SILVER
Video game featuring a girl called Madeline climbing a mountain	CELESTE
Walter __, journalist known for his 1867 work, The English Constitution	BAGEHOT

Clues	Answers
9 over whose nest Randle Patrick McMurphy flew?	CUCKOO
9 owned by Flaubert, according to Julian Barnes	PARROT
9 plucked in the children's song Alouette?	LARK
9s made up of the Walker family, according to Arthur Ransome	SWALLOWS
A quality or feature found in moments, railway lines and cowboy boots?	SPUR
Acknowledgment that one has been hit in fencing	TOUCHE
Alabama city where Bob Dylan got the Memphis Blues (again)	MOBILE
Balkan republic; capital Pristina	KOSOVO
Ceature used by Harper Lee as a metaphor for innocence	MOCKING
Condition in which Maya Angelou's 9 nevertheless sings?	CAGED
Country - and one of the so-called Brexit options?	NORWAY
Doris __, author of The Grass is Singing (1950)	LESSING