“Tom-Tom, is dinner nearly ready yet?” 8 across ‘Cruel girl makes poet thrall.’ So it begins: The Sunday lunch duet. Try to ignore her and she might forget. 10 letters, anagram: LEVEL IN ALL “Tom-Tom, is dinner nearly ready yet?” “It’s in the oven, have a cigarette!” Concentrate Tom, you are starting to stall. And so it goes: The Sunday lunch duet. I can’t do the crossword with constant fret. Don’t want to buckle and give Mum a call. Always, “Is dinner nearly ready yet?” “I need a little snack. Don’t be upset.” Leaves the door open and the Yorkshires fall. And so it goes: The Sunday lunch duet. Her half-finished dinner left to sweat, Atop the paper now covered in scrawl. “Tom-Tom, did you finish the crossword yet?” There ends every Sunday lunch duet.