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He wrote about pleather? (9)

Writer who recycled coke bottles in tool shed (9)

Gunrunner hijacks international author (9)

Ah good morning, afternoon or evening (wherever you may be!)
Really enjoying these, I'm going to have trouble picking a winner this week.

There's a few I can't get an angle on however...
Steve@ 11 I'm seeing bec(AUS)e ink st(arts) is starts doing double duty?
Paul@ 17 again I'm not quite seeing it, St(E)I/NB/eck? (By gum!)
Paul@ 20 - not seeing this at all!
Mattrom @ 21 - not seeing this one either!

Apologies if I'm being dumb (which I often am!)

Hi TR, re #21, Steinbeck wrote "The Pearl"

Fruit intolerance author's been sick around road junction. (9)

road function = T in anagram.

Chancing my arm on fruit intolerance and "Grapes of Wrath"!

TR;


Post 17; Aargh! Correct analysis but I’ve left in a superfluous “I”

Post 20; the Eden project is in southern Cornwall - Plymouth is East of there (Owing to your word choice I assumed you would be an aficionado of his books!)

Ooh, mattrom! I should have got that having read the pearl (some years ago) but was sidetracked by the word pleather, which I'd never heard of. I have now. Nicely done! :)

Paul, I think post 17 still reads well, despite the superfluous 'i'. I've read a few of Steinbeck's books but am by no means an aficionado! I simply did not know where (or what!) the Eden project is and it relationship to Plymouth. By gum. :)

Thank you both!

Apologies, therogue: should be ...

He's a writer, not Australian, because inks start to flow (9)

Fodder = bec(aus)e inks t(o)

Thanks steve!