| LIAISE | Be the go-between |
| LPHARTLEY | English author of novels including The Shrimp And The Anemone (1944) and The Go-Between (1953) (1,1,7) |
| HARTLEY | Author Leslie Poles, whose novel The Go-Between opens with the line "The past is a foreign country" (7) |
| PAST | 'The ___ is a foreign country' (L. P. Hartley The Go-Between (1953) prologue) (4) |
| MEDIATE | Act the go-between |
| LIAISES | Acts as the go between |
| AGENT | A bloke becomes the go-between |
| LEIGHTON | Margaret, Oscar nominee for The Go-Between (8) |
| TWEE | Affectedly dainty ? as in "The Go-Between" |
| MARGARET | Best Actress in a Supporting Role Oscar nominee for The Go-Between (8,8) |
| MEDIATOR | 'The Go-Between': novel to admire or 'arid tome'? (8) |
| INTERMEDIARY | Expression used in popular English book The Go-Between |
| THEPASTISA | Famous quotation from L P Hartley's novel The Go-Between (3,4,2,1,7,7) |
| FOREIGNCOUNTRY | Famous quotation from L P Hartley's novel The Go-Between (3,4,2,1,7,7) |
| MIDDLEMAN | Flipping gloomy end for Ted and paramour in The Go-Between |
| BROKER | Is more hard-up than the go-between (6) |
| HONESTBROKER | Initially handed one shilling, penurious dons translated The Go-Between |
| MEDIATED | Was The Go-between thought to lack central character? |
| TRAFFICLIGHT | One of The Greens giving the go-ahead, as the amount of vehicles on the road isn't heavy (7,5) |
| BADABING | Sonny Corleone catchphrase which the go-go bar on "The Sopranos" helped popularize |
