Solution to Leading Character by Vismut

 Leading Character by Vismut - Solution

Incorrect letters from the wordplay give Amy, Meg, Jo, Beth. Correct letters give a jumble of Louisa Alcott. Three letter abbreviations are for ten months of the year missing March and May. The March sisters were the heroines of Louisa May Alcott’s book Little Women which appears when you turn over the M that is the leading character of March and May in the grid.

  Leading Character

Across right wrong

1 Jacent c a Ja a(g)ent

5 Febrile double def

10 Ulna u m (s)m(a)l(l)n(e)a(t)

11 Visional l y vi s[I on]ay

13 Lairds a m l mrsid*

15 Juno o

16 Aprons on s

17 Aught T(he)H(obbit)<

18 Acrolein o e acre nile*

20 Let         t  g         leg

21 Idle          s(idle)s

25 Stateside t j st[a]je side

27 Acta a o coat inside out

28 Ram mar(e)<

33 Strobila o b lrabbits*

35 Oorie e i roo<

36 Sepoys (env)oys

38 Even (s)even

39 Elaeis l e (d)e(l)e(g)a(t)e (k)is(s)

40 Novatian a tian

41 Jane        (ag)e

42 Seeress s t tee (d)ress

43 Fridge i h f(o)r h(o)dge

Down

1 Julian (t)i(t)an

2 Alarum a mural<

3 Earths hearts (h moving towards back)

4 Nada n ad a

5 Fierce (p=f)ierce

6 Escorts corsets*

7 Bignonia ainongib<

8 Inure (man=in)ure

9 Eloiner role*[in e]

12 Anvils 😊

14 Ingest in “jest”

19 Barbette bar be[t(urre)t]e

22 Decree re e

23 Fastens f as[net<]s

24 Octavo a(sh) v(iolet) o(ak)

26 Tripsis trip sis

29 Alohas lhasa*(apsos)[o]

30 Romaji major* i

31 Hiking h[kin]ig(h)

32 Lessee less ee

34 Reeve re(d) eve

37 Slur         rul(e)s<