Solvers may soon discover the theme of this quiz. For each of the 100 clues, which are in a significant order, the numbers of words and letters in the answer are indicated at the end of the clue, showing hyphens, but no other punctuation marks. Once again, the proceeds of the quiz will support the work of
Open Arms Malawi, which runs transition homes in Malawi for infants, most of whom have been orphaned because of AIDS. There are four prizes, all gift tokens. Three of them, for £10, £6 and £4, will be awarded to the three most accurate entries received by 6pm on Saturday 6 th April 2013. The fourth prize, for £5, will be won by an entrant who achieves the average, median score. Any ties will be resolved by the quality of the tie-breaker clues submitted by entrants.
1. Opera singer from Oz makes Ellen blame media (4,6,5)
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2. The universal breathalyser association is acronymicly blown (4)
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3. Girl first and foremost had another reed instrument (9) ………………
4. Tragic Roman opera at Ascot races (5) ……………………………………..
5. Hollow at head of Welsh valley created by John Hughes (3,7)
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6. Help a heroine of Verdi (4) …………………………….……………………….
7. Dancing mat laid out in Australian song (8,7) …………………………….
8. Icons float down the scale (5,3-2) ……………………….......................
9. Patriotic song gives librarian tune (4,9) …………………………………….
10. Street map in fog leads a dance for us (7) ..………………………………
11. Retiming device initially has every musician in one long arpeggio (7)
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12. In America it’s OK for a beautiful morning (8) …………………………….
13. Love in a car crash – blow it! (7) ………………………………………………
14. Gracie noted this for its mondial magnitude (10) …………………….….
15. Piece of Beethoven’s lunar illumination? (9,6)
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16. Goodbye in Rome once, thanks to dance (6) ………………………………
17. The Austrian hills come to life with this (3,5,2,5)
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18. Biblical king, embracing beginner, composed ballet clog dance (6)
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19. Led by Alexander the Great, man bid for new order (3,4,4)
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20. Song of sad ringers over the border (3,9,2,8)
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21. Percy’s piece sounds a good opener in WC2 (6,2,3,6)
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22. Scottish parish provides music for theological pastor (7)……………….
23. Baritone aria for fanfare by an elephant before rising again
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24. Schumann’s juvenile recollections (6,4,9)
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25. Lorn coral fish (7,6,5)
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26. Game for Gilbert or bride for Bunthorne? (8) …………………………….
27. Chant by tanner in the nursery (4,1,4,2,8)
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28. Proper nude laird thrown by Chopin’s weather forecast? (8,7)
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29. Apian escape by Rimsky-Korsakov (6,2,3,6,3)
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30. Crablike trio summoned by a merry old soul (3,8,5)
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31. Scottish kingdom is wind-blown (4) ………………………………………….
32. Noel’s advice to Mrs. Worthington (4,3,4,8,2,3,5)
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33. A voice, three times (6) …………………………………………………………..
34. Telephone on a bike first heard at Bayreuth (4,5)
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35. Nude embraces girl for a song (9) ……………………………………………
36. Surely below main arrangement of Beatles’ craft? (6,9)
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37. Instrument wins aspiration to produce mixed phlox honey (9)
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38. ‘Other boys own everything!’, beginners pipe (4) ………………………
39. Welsh instrument for a lively English dance at sea (8) ……………….
40. Renew your knowledge of the Bard (makes kites otherwise)
(5,2,4,11) ………………………………………………………………………………
41. A minor and Charmouth major are cleared for this vital autograph
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42. This is the place in old Rome, according to Bruckner (5,4)
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43. Slaving face disfigured in Hebridean opening (7,4)
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44. Ethereal relation of The Creation (3,7,3,7)
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45. Mendelssohn’s musical Tishbite (6) …………………………………………..
46. Girl associated with Samson and Tom Jones (7) …………………………
47. Song asking whether you know the king and the prime minister
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48. Palindromic note (5) ………………………………………………………………..
49. Two cats on the drum (3-3) ……………………………………………………..
50. Side instrument murders an alternative arrangement (5,4)
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51. Plucking piece is a mixed lump – cert! (8) ………………………………….
52. Oral instrument could be your tongue (5,5) ……………………………….
53. Where monks cultivate flowers for the orchestra (2,1,9,6)
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54. Composer is an actor – capital! (6,6) …………………………………………
55. Sir Edward’s morning song in Paris (7,2,5)
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56. Hymn tune brings composer round, presumed drowned, lost in
canal (6,5) ………………………………………………………………………………

57. Graduates with double first quickly play this (6,7)
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58. IL juvenile pig-thief (3,6,3) ……………………………………………………….
59. Welsh hymn-tune to enable WRN to carry out new order (9)
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60. Joseph’s indiscriminate song of fantasist (3,5,4,2)
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61. Prohibit little woman with strings (5) …………………………………………
62. Quietly sought by Jane and Timothy in the park (5) ……………………
63. Italian tenor going berserk when coarse unicorn loses tail (6,6)
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64. Cats return with censor – sharply detached (8) ………………………….
65. Fast duck goes slowly (5) ………………………………………………………..
66. Conflict saw entertainment with love by Richard Addinsell (6,8)
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67. Composer ransacks large drawer (6,5)
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68. Lord whose new composition makes dolly wander with spider (6,5,6)
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69. Lady singer from Lancashire makes Larkin free there (8,7)
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70. Squirrel, perhaps, is a Christmas ballet instrument (10)
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71. Scott Joplin’s rag time two-step for the host (3,12)
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72. Composer and homophonic fuel bearer (4,6)
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73. Note makes you tremble (6) …………………………………………………..
74. Tear door down for Bizet’s Iberian baritone (8) ………………………..
75. Smooth musical aspersion (4) ………………………………………………..
76. Dreaming by chance to do this in the Spring again (6,6)
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77. Swordsongs by Felix (5,7,5)
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78. Give a pig bread mixture including 76 of these (9)
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79. Darling records embellishments (5,5)
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80. Blimey – it’s English in France – some instrument! (3,7)
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81. After The Rain, this band of rock is in the desert (5) ……………….
82. Stop chicks dancing for this piano piece (10) ………………………….
83. Young ladies who sell mace, ginger and pepper, perhaps (5,5)
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84. Sissinghurst, Hidcote and Tintinhull, for example, on the piano (7,7)
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85. Swaps arranged by Ralph (5) ……………………………………………….
86. Terpsichorean Ivor’s were 1895 to 1951 (7,5)
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87. Nadir was one of these operatic heroes (5,7)
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88. The King of Barataria is hoisted longer when drunk (3,10)
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89. Gershwin’s opera to rebuild Gorden by-pass (5,3,4)
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90. What a trawlerman does to the south for Spanish accompaniment
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91. The sound of it is really quite atrocious (34)
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92. Gounod’s piece for wounded warriors (8,6)
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93. Musical title taken from Anthony and Cleopatra by Julian and
Dorothy (5,4) ……………………………………………………………………….

94. Isis and Iris, or Cam and Camellia, by Delibes (6,4)
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95. The place of adoration for organ of love, by Ketelbey (3,9,2,3,5)
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96. Where blue birds fly (9,4,3,7)
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97. Symphon by Schubert (10,8)
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98. Song of the sea in a ramshackle dwelling (6) ………………………….
99. Pass the dog dance (2,7,5)
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100. Dance for ballet on ice makes star walk with zest (7,5)
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As a tie-breaker, please compose your own clue for another answer which could have appeared in this quiz, but did not.
Clue ……………………………………………………………………………..
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Answer …………………………………………………………………………
Entrant’s name ……………………………………………………………..
Address (including Post Code) ……………………………………….
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All entries must be received by 6pm on Saturday 6 th April 2013, by Mrs Margaret Marshall, 37 Roundwood Lane,
Harpenden, Herts,
AL5 3BP. In the event of any tie, preference will be given to the entry which, in the opinion of the judges, contains the better tie-breaker clue. The decisions of the judges in all matters connected with the quiz will be final and they regret they cannot enter into correspondence about clues, answers or tie-breakers. If you wish to receive a copy of the report on the competition in due course after 6 th April 2013, including a list of solutions and your own marked entry, please send Margaret a stamped addressed envelope (at least 9” x 4” but not so large as to require “large” postage.) If you are not entering the competition but wish to receive a copy of the report, please include a small donation for the charity.
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Signed…………………………………………………….. Date……………………………
Name (printed in block capitals) ……………………………………………………..
Address (including post code) all in block capitals
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