Philosophical reflections

by Martyn Crosby

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A.   Fall, time for formal dress, damn throne overturned
(6,7,3,3,4) Shelley, "Rarely, Rarely, comest Thou"

B.   Nothing at tennis, initially apprehended, eyed analysis
reformed. (4,5,7,2,1,5,4) Shakespeare, "Love`s Labours Lost"

C.   Everlasting, account totaliser, covers in gold,
my teeth adjusted. (7,6,5,4,3) Byron, "Don Juan"

D.   Unknown quantity, a daun disturbed, has done, hank
Kabul sorted out. (6,3,5,4) Coleridge, Collected Works

E.   No matter what, worthy of respect (8,5) Charles
Lamb, Letter to Southey

F.   Aristocracy, short Isaiah, cure flag unfurled, term
anon modified (8,2,1,8,8) Edmund Burke "Reflections on the Revolution in France"

G.   Extinction, will possess, dim on onion hashed up
(5,5,4,2,8) Dylan Thomas, Collected Poems

H.   Hit Valet, confused, a thousand done getting reorganised.
(4,4,3,2) Shakespeare, "Julius Caesar".

I.   Which art, redrawn (4,4) Get the pleasure in popular
WW1 song

J.   Biosphere USA reorganised. (7,5) William Drummond
"For the Baptist"

K.   Not in, in addition to, the tin recast (3,4,2,4)
Carlyle "Past and Present"

L.   Those lacking culture, tune Phoebe rearranged (11,2,4,4)
Bible, Book of Judges

M.   Center of the Ptolemaic universe, rowdiest upset
(5,3,5) Keats "Endymion"

N.   Crepe paper photo redeveloped makes him a teacher
of music for the masses, poetically expressed.(1,3,9,2)

O.   Shoe boon redistributed, where tramps are excluded
(2,6)

P.   Emblem, twice curtailed, adds one, then a hundred,
to produce a fruit used in dyeing (6)

Q.   Grief, or rows upset (6)

R.   Am I mad? Possibly, in the ancient sense, but totally
unexcited (13)

S.   Utah Railroad reorganised for legendary English
King (6)

T.   Slangily affirmative, more than once (4)

U.   Hateful quality, issued soon, upset (10)

V.   Little Switzerland not in front, cut a mark (5)

W.   Hundred hum, upset, plenty (4)

X.   Looser as reconstructed sprays (8)

Y.   Nereids, after losing East Indies, become obsessional
computer buffs (5)