Clues are listed in alphabetical order of their solutions. An 11-word quotation runs around the perimeter from the top left-hand corner. Four thematic clued answers need highlighting, as does a thematic name (7) in the completed grid.
Not looking well, with a scar and spasm? (10)
Gossip’s husband abandoning visit (4)
Always home for letter (4)
Smart data unit, we hear (4)
Tailless bear in boggy copse (4)
Roman gods give role to Greek judge (6)
Her date panicked and hid (7)
Direction of river by street (4)
Poet’s simple, barren land in Hackney (4)
Fixed run back for dance positions (7)
English setter’s accepting way to show feeling (7)
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