“The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.” I constructed this puzzle shortly after the US presidential election. The poem that underlies the grid’s theme was written just after the first World War, but it precisely captures the anxiety and dismay of the current moment.
I've always marveled at the truth that can be encapsulated in a brief poem. Thanks for the puzzle and its richness of literary content. (I had never seen CNUT spelled this way, but it was totally gettable from crosses and also provoked me to review his history, including the story you cite.)