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Help please with 5 down.
Lamentations of small groups touring biblical land (9)
and
16 ac.
Lamb following a married woman? (6)

5d threnodes

16 across is AMELIA

16a amelia (Charles Lamb and his elia )

Thanks for the help. Thought it was Amelia, but could not see why.

Can someone explain the AMELIA one.
Dont get it at all
And whats the signiffy of MARRIED in italics
YOURS
THEA

I must admit that I don't see the significance of "married" in italics, but the answer, of course, is a woman's name, and it is made up of A + M (married) + ELIA.
Elia, was a name Charles Lamb sometimes used when signing his name and was the name of a foreigner who was a fellow-clerk.

I was wondering about the Italics too.

I'm also a bit off kilter with 40 Down.

Seafood woman will put on plate (9) S-E-L-I-H

woman will = she'll
plate = dish

=Shelldish

But surely it must be 'Shellfish'
Any explanations would help

Hiya Les - I think the compiler is referring to a "plate" as a meal, in this case "fish". I know that "dish" probably sounds more plausible but a bit of poetic licence has intervened!

Cheers rocketman, sounds plausible.

I've finished it now, but still a tad short on the wordplay in 15 across, what do you think.

15a) For example, olde-worlde character of tea room (5) C-a-m.
I have put in Cream for cream tea but don't see the olde-worlde character part