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Incidentally, in the Radio3 Composer of the week a few weeks ago on the Harlem Jazz boom, LOUIS was (almost) always pronunced "Lewis". I always though he was "Lewey"!

cheers @malone and @chrise.

'Louis' seems a bit of a cop-out as the definition word!
I always thought the guy's name was pronounced "Lewey" too!

Thanks, Whetstone, glad we could help. A quick look online showed me that the guy's mother pronounced it Lewis and he said that was the version he preferred.

17a. Author writing a set of books about a fabulous tree
MAUPASSANT

12a. Olympian I back in middle of race
IOTA

22d. He fills a chimney - it's freezing inside
LOCUM

Parses for the above please.

17 the tree is UPAS, I think
so it's A UPAS inside MS (writing), and A NT (New Testament - set of books)

12 no idea!

22 LUM is a dialect word for a chimney, and OC can be read as "zero centigrade, i.e. cold! A LOCUM fills in for someone's job

Olympian = Greek. The Greek letter i is called IOTA. I don't see where the race fits in, though

my mistake on 22. I missed out a word...

22d. He fills in a chimney - it's freezing inside
LOCUM

On 12 I meant, not 22.

[Is there a way to edit previous posts?]

OK thanks chrisE

18a. Long Western shot through thick old lens
CROWN GLASS

12a. Sort of table that creates confidence
CREDENCE

2d. Take away copper and half of lead from rear of toy?
MINUS

Parses for the above please.